Creating an Internationally Competitive Economy

V.N.BALASUBRAMANYAM Professor of Development Economics, Lancaster University, EnglandPETER DAWKINS Professor and Director, IAESR, University of Melbourne, AustraliaDONALD FEAVER Senior Lecturer in Economics, Victoria University of Technology, AustraliaJAMES GAPINSKI Professor of Economics, Florida State UniversityDAVID GREENAWAY Professor and Pro Vice-Chancellor, University of NottinghamTIM HAZLEDINE Professor of Economics, University of Auckland, New ZealandDONALD LAMBERTON Visiting Fellow, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National UniversityJEFFREY PETCHEY Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Curtin University, AustraliaDAVID PRENTICE Lecturer in Economics, La Trobe University, AustraliaMARK ROGERS Research Fellow, IAESR, University of Melbourne AustraliaMOHAMMED SALISU Lecturer in Economics, Lancaster University, EnglandDAVID SAPSFORD Professor of Economics, University of California, Santa Barbara, USAPETER SUMMERS Senior Research Fellow, IAESR, University of Melbourne, AustraliaRICHARD UPWARD Research Fellow, Leverhulme Trust Programme, University of Nottingham, EnglandKENNETH WILSON Professor of Economics, Victoria University of Technology, AustraliaPETER WRIGHT Lecturer in Economics, University of Nottingham, England

• Acknowledgements List of Contributors PART I: PRELIMINARIES Introduction; H.Bloch & P.Kenyon The Meaning and Measurement of International Competitiveness; H.Bloch & P.Kenyon Developing ICOM: An Index of International Competitiveness; J.H.Gapinski PART II: MARKET INSTITUTIONS IN A GLOBAL ECONOMY The Labour Market and International Competitiveness; P.Dawkins & P.Kenyon Sectoral Mobility in UK and US Labour Markets; D.Greenaway, R.Upward & P.Wright Market Power and Foreign Trade: Implications for Competition Policy; H.Bloch Investment, Imports and Productivity Growth in the US Cement Industry; D.Prentice PART III: GOVERNMENT POLICY IN A GLOBAL ECONOMY Trade and Communication; D.Lamberton Economic Integration and Regional Policy Cooperation; J.Petchey & P.Shapiro Inside Australia's Contingent Protection Black Box; D.Feaver & K.Wilson PART IV: INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON OF ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE Export-Led Growth in Asia: Long-Run Relationships and Structural Change; P.M.Summers Foreign Direct Investment and Economic Growth in LDCs: Some Further Evidence; V.N.Balasubramanyam, M.Salisu & D.Sapsford The International Diffusion of Technology: Technological Catch-up and Economic Growth; M.Rogers Transaction Efficiency in New Zealand and Australia, 1961-96; T.Hazledine Index