HPH Economics of Global Trade and Finance by Professor D.M. Mithani

This book familiarizes the readers with economic issues and implications of global trade and finance relations across numerous dimensions of complexities with theoretical underpinnings. Beyond its basic approach and the pedagogy, it has a focus on applying theory in the current global economic and business environment with an Indian perspective. The volume may serve as a basic reference/text book for the allied courses on the global trade and finance for the MBA programme and studies in commerce/business and economic faculties in the Indian and foreign universities. Incidentally, the book is tuned with the M.Com. I degree course new syllabus (effective from the academic year 2008-09) for the paper: `Economics of Global Trade and Finance prescribed by the University of Mumbai.

Contents :

MODULE 1: BOP ADJUSTMENTS

1. Introductory: Global Trade

2. Balance of Payments (BOP): A Theoretical Underpinning

3. Disequilibrium in BOP and Adjustments

MODULE 2: ECONOMICS OF INTEGRATION

4. Economic Integration

5. The European Economic Community

6. South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation (SAARC)

7. Miscellaneous Economic Blocks

8. Regionalism versus Multilateralism MODULE 3: WTO AND GLOBAL ECONOMY

9. General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)

10. The World Trade Organisation (WTO)

MODULE 4: FOREIGN EXCHANGE MARKET

11. The Rate of Exchange

12. Equilibrium Rate of Exchange and other Issues

MODULE 5: IMF AND CAPITAL FLOW

13. The Role of IMF

14. International Capital Movements

15. Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)

MODULE 6: CURRENCY MARKETS

16. Nature and Characteristics of Euro-Dollar Market

MODULE 7: EMERGING ISSUES IN GLOBAL FINANCE

17. Global Financial Architecture

18. International Debt and World Bank

19. Globalisation of Financial Markets: International Finance Hub