Economics of Global Interactions

International Trade, Factor Mobility, and Regional Economy
Erscheinungsjahr 2026
ISBN: 978-981-9218-79-0
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 314 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm

This edited volume brings together cutting-edge theoretical and empirical contributions at the intersection of international economics, development, and regional analysis.

The contributions are organized in three parts. Part 1, , examines how firms and governments interact in international markets, with particular attention to trade policy, market structure, and the conditions under which trade liberalization can be sustained. Part 2, , covers the movement of people and capital across borders—including the consequences of international migration for income inequality, the governance challenges raised by forced return migration, and the growing economic significance of tourism and foreign direct investment. Part 3, , takes a broader view of how global forces shape development outcomes, addressing themes such as innovation-driven growth, institutional quality and corruption, climate risk perception, and the spatial effects of infrastructure change on regional populations.

The contributors are economists, predominantly from Italy and Japan, whose collaboration grew out of the long-standing academic partnership between the University of Bari Aldo Moro and Chukyo University. Several of the chapters were presented at the annual conference “Economics of Global Interactions: New Perspectives on Trade, Factor Mobility and Development,” held in Bari, Italy, though the volume also includes work developed independently within this research community. Together, the contributions reflect more than a decade of dialogue on the economic challenges shared—and sometimes distinctively faced—by Italy, Japan, and the broader global economy. The book will be of interest to academics and graduate students in international and regional economics, as well as to readers following debates on trade fragmentation, rising protectionism, migration governance, climate risk, and uneven regional development.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Coniglio, Nicola Daniele

Kondoh, Kenji

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Entwicklungsökonomie & Emerging Markets

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Agreements on product standards in a three-country model of international oligopoly.- Promotion of Domestic Products, Ethnocentrism, and Trade-Policy Preference.- Optimal Trade Policy for Reciprocal Tariffs: The Case of Differentiated Goods and Asymmetry in Market Size.- Product differentiation, cost asymmetries, and inefficient firm location in service industries.- Does Tariff Simplification Promote the Sustainability of Free Trade?.- Trade Integration, Innovation, and Spatial Reallocation without Scale Effects.- How can we solve the problems caused by over-tourism?.- International migration and income inequality.- Returning failed asylum seekers: a global perspective.- Media, Policy, and Global Investments: A Study of the EU’s Global Gateway Initiative.- Types of Japanese Firms’ FDI in Poland: A Firm-Level Analysis.- Growth effects of international outsourcing in a two-country R&D-based growth model.- Corruption risks in public procurement: a red flag analysis.- Who is (not) Afraid of Climate Change and Natural Disasters? Risk Perception across the World.- Causal Effect of Railway Line Closures on Corridor Population: Evidence from the Partial Closure of the Meitetsu Mikawa Line in Japan.

Über Autor(innen)

Nicola Daniele Coniglio, University of Bari Aldo Moro

Kenji Kondoh, Chukyo University