International trade, economic development and national welfare : essays in memory of Sarbajit Chaudhuri

"This book presents a comprehensive analysis of contemporary issues in international trade and economic development. Emphasizing the significance of economic development within policymaking, the book covers important issues like provisioning of public goods, its implication in a liberalized regime, crime and corruption, skilled-unskilled wage inequality, income distribution and unemployment, environmental regulation, role of educational capital and informal sector, etc. The volume deals with the impact that different aspects of international trade and investment are likely to have on the above-mentioned areas. The essays, written to honour the memory of Professor Sarbajit Chaudhuri, also examine topics that focus on public policy related to immigration of skilled workforce, political resistance and political compulsions that a democratic government might face in keeping with its commitment of tariff reforms, gender wage gap and issues related to globalization, income distribution and unemployment. The book will be of invaluable interest to postgraduate students, scholars and researchers of development economics, international economics, labor economics and for those working on theoretical research on applications of general equilibrium trade models in developing countries"--