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The World Economy

Edited by:
David Greenaway


ISI Journal Citation Reports® Ranking: 2007: 22/51 Business, Finance
Impact Factor: 0.715

The World Economy is a vital resource for researchers, analysts and policy-advisors interested in trade policy and other open economy issues embracing international trade and the environment, international finance, and trade and development. The journal also considers related areas such as economies in transition and development economics, making The World Economy an essential reference for in-depth knowledge on and up-to-date coverage of international economic relations. 

Whilst The World Economy concentrates on trade policy issues - on a country basis, regionally and globally - it also covers broader issues such as exchange rates, IMF/World Bank, debt, environmental and other international issues as they relate to trade.

TopNews and Announcements

The World Economy China Lecture at the GEP China conference - 6th November 2008
This major conference in Ningbo will feature the inaugural The World Economy China Lecture presented by Professor Shujie Yao on "Understanding China's Stock Market Bubble and Crash during 2006-2008: An Economic and Psychological Analysis". Please visit the GEP website for full details.

The World Economy Asia Lecture at the GEP Malaysia conference - 14th January 2009
The GEP Malaysia conference (14-15th January 2009) on 'Globalisation, Development and Growth in Asia' will include The World Economy Asia Lecture to be presented by Professor Danny Quah. Full details to follow.

The World Economy Annual Lecture 2008
The 2008 annual lecture was held in January at the Nottingham campus in Malaysia to coincide with the opening of a new branch of the Leverhulme Globalisation Centre. The lecture was given by Kym Anderson, a lead economist in the International Trade unit of the World Bank's Development Research Group, and Professor of Economics at the University of Adelaide in Australia.

30th Anniversary
As part of celebrations for the journal's 30th anniversary in 2007 we are delighted to offer you free access to the special symposium issue on Exports: Causes and Consequences, guest edited by Richard Knellor and Mauro Pisu, which examines the reasons behind the recent upsurge in research into export performance.

Online Content Now Available Back to Volume 1
All back issues of The World Economy are available online. Click here to browse contents and abstracts.   For further information on how to access these articles please visit our Librarian Site.

Articles Published Online Ahead of Print
We are pleased to announce that The World Economy is now part of the Blackwell OnlineEarly service. Articles accepted for publication can be accessed on a regular basis online in advance of their appearance in a print issue. These articles are fully peer reviewed, edited and complete - they only lack page numbers and volume/issue details - and are considered fully published from the date they first appear online. This date is shown with the article in the online table of contents. The articles are available as full text HTML or PDF and can be cited as references by using their Digital Object Identifier (DOI) numbers. For more information on DOIs, please see http://www.doi.org/faq.html

To view all the articles currently available, please click here. On print publication, the article will be removed from the OnlineEarly area and will appear instead in the relevant online issue, complete with page numbers and volume/issue details. No other changes will be made.

The implementation of OnlineEarly for The World Economy represents our commitment to make manuscripts available for viewing by the academic community as quickly as possible, thereby reducing time to publication considerably without sacrificing quality or completeness.

The World Economy Annual Lecture
The World Economy sponsors an annual lecture by a leading economist.  Past speakers have included:
2006: Richard Baldwin, Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva
2005: Professor Hans-Werner Sinn, President of the Ifo Institute for Economic Research.
2004: Professor Anne Kruger, First Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund.

Free Access in the Developing World
Free online access to this journal is available within institutions in the developing world through the AGORA Initiative with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

TopHighlights

FDI and Growth: What Causes What?
Abdur Chowdhury, George Mavrotas

On the Causal Links Between FDI and Growth in Developing Countries
Henrik Hansen, John Rand

Why is China so Competitive? Measuring and Explaining China's Competitiveness
F. Gerard Adams, Byron Gangnes, Yochanan Shachmurove

Foreign Direct Investment in Africa: The Role of Natural Resources, Market Size, Government Policy, Institutions and Political Instability
Elizabeth Asiedu

Globalisation and Economic Growth: A Historical Perspective
Nicholas Crafts

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Sites of Related Interest
http://www.iie.com  Institute for International Economics