THREE CURRENT POLICY ISSUES

摘要

This chapter contains three essays on current policy issues. Each essay addresses different aspects of the impact of globalization on economies and each provides some new empirical evidence. Globalization is one of the major forces affecting economic behavior, and its effects can be seen across a wide range of topics. In many cases, however, there has been relatively little empirical work done to measure its impact on underlying economies. The empirical results reported here are by necessity preliminary, since the phenomena being examined are so recent, but may still provide useful insights to policymakers.