Regulation Strategies and Economic Policies

Edited by the late Sami Daniel, formerly Associate Dean, Faculty of Human Sciences, Kingston University, UK, Philip Arestis, University Director of Research, Cambridge Centre for Economic and Public Policy, Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge and Fellow, Wolfson College, UK and John Grahl, Professor of European Integration, Middlesex University Business School, UK

• Contents: Introduction Part I: Labour Markets and Employment 1. The Post-redundancy Experience and the Dynamics of Local Labour Market Adjustment 2. Flexible Labour Markets and Economic Performance 3. Firms’ Strategies and Cooperative Games Part II: Methodological Issues in Economic Policy 4. Problems of Time-series Econometrics 5. Why Firms Invest Less but Adopt Higher Capital Intensity as the Capital Stance Tightens 6. Do Shocks Matter? Part III: Policy Issues 7. Household Production, Human Capital and Optimal Linear Income Taxation 8. Ex Post Value Regulation of Pharmaceutical Prices 9. Timing of Payment Conventions for Consumer Purchases Part IV: Economic Policy, Transition and Development 10. China’s Overseas Investment 11. Pension Reform in Central and Eastern Europe 12. A Governmental Role in Training Markets in Developing Countries Index