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Recent Books

The Economics of International Trade Law. Israel, London, and Singapore: World Scientific Press, 2020, Vol 1 and Vol 2. forthcoming. 

The Economics of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). 2nd edition.  London and Singapore: World Scientific Press, 2018.

Spillover Effects of China Going Global, London and Singapore: World Scientific Press, 2016.

The Economics of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), London and Singapore: World Scientific Press, 2012.

Books and Chapters in Books

“Evolution of China’s International Trade Competitiveness in Textiles and Apparel Exports to the USA – Pre and Post MFA,” Spillover Effects of China Going Global, London and Singapore: World Scientific Press, 2017. pp. 167-238.

“China’s 10-Year WTO Experience: Applying Market Solutions to a Non-Market Player, Spillover Effects of China Going Global, London and Singapore: World Scientific Press, 2017. pp. 239-262.

“China’s Outward Investment Program – A Search for Technology, Spillover Effects of China Going Global, London and Singapore: World Scientific Press, 2017. pp. 295-336.

“WTO DSU – Enforcement Issues,” in James Hartigan (ed.) Frontiers of Economics and Globalization, Volume 6, Chapter 15. Trade Disputes and the Dispute Settlement Understanding of the WTO: An Interdisciplinary Assessment. London: Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. pp. 369-395. (with Amir Shoham)

“Implications for the Vietnamese Textile and Apparel Industry in Light of Abolishing the Multifiber Arrangement and the U.S. – Vietnam Bilateral Investment Treaty,” in Khosrow Fatemi, Editor. Globalization and East Asia: Opportunities and Challenges, Haworth Press Inc., Chapter 14. pp. 233-252. 2006.

Imported Capital Dependency As An Economic Development Strategy: The Failure Of Distortionary Tax Policies In Puerto Rico, 2003.

“Competition Policy and Developing Countries: The Creation of a Fair Trade Commission in Barbados,” in Khosrow Fatemi (ed.) Globalization and International Business at the Turn of the Century, Ecole Superiuere de Commerce. France (2002).

“An Analysis of the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials,” in Khosrow Fatemi (ed.) International Public Policy and Regionalism at the Turn of the Century, New York: Pergamon, 2001, pp.60-77. (with Simon Langer).

“The OECD Convention on Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions,” in Fatemi, Khosrow and Susan E.W. Nichols (eds.) Globalization in the 21st Century, (with Simon Langer). Volume II, pp. 399-414, 2000.

“The Control of Textile and Apparel Trade under the WTO: Who are the Winners and Losers ?” in Fatemi, Khosrow and Susan E.W. Nichols (eds.) Globalization in the 21st Century, (with Kathleen Rees). Volume III, pp. 957- 972, 1999.

“Exchange Rate Systems in the Transition Economies of Central and East European & the Former Soviet Union” in Scheherazade S. Rehman (ed.) The Quest for Exchange Rate Stability in the Next Millenium. Stamford Conn.: JAI Press Inc., pp. 61-84. Volume 13, 1999.

“The Control of Textile and Apparel Trade under the WTO: What is the Track Record?” in Gulser Meric & Susan E.W. Nichols (eds.) The Global Economy at the Turn ofthe Century, Vol. III. pp. 811-830, 1998. (with Kathleen Rees)

“The WTO Dispute Settlement Mechanism: Success or Failure,” in Gulser Meric & Susan E.W. Nichols (eds.) The Global Economy at the Turn of the Century, Vol. III. pp. 699-716, 1998.

“Domestic Taxes as a Substitute for Commercial Policy: The Case of Israel.” in Nadav Halevi (ed.) A Decade of Trade Liberalization in Israel. Jerusalem: The Maurice Falk Institute for Economic Research in Israel. (in Hebrew). 1993.

“U.S. Interests in Granting Most Favored Nation Status to the Soviet Union: Economic Versus Political Considerations.” in Marie Lavigne (ed.) The Soviet Union and Eastern Europe in the Global Economy. New York: Cambridge University Press, pp. 37-59. 1992.

“Special U.S. – Caribbean Economic Relations.” in Irma Tirado de Alonso (ed.) Trade Issues in the Caribbean. Philadelphia: Gordon and Breach Publishers, Inc., pp. 175-215, 1992. (with Gregory K. Schoepfle).

“The Redirection of United States Imports.” in Kym Anderson, New Silk Roads: East Asia and World Textile Markets. New York: Cambridge University Press, pp. 148-166, 1992.

“The Israeli Economy.” in Library of Congress, Israel: A Country Study, Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, pp. 139-175, 1990.

“The Textile Industry.” in United States International Trade Commission. The Economic Effects of Significant U.S. Import Restraints, Phase 1, Pub. No. 2222, October 1989.

“The Textile Complex.” in Charles Oman, Francois Chesnais, Joseph Pelzman and Ruth Rama (eds.) New Forms of Investment in Developing Country Industries: Mining, Petrochemicals, Automobiles, Textiles, Food, Paris: OECD Development Center, pp. 207-242, 1989.

“The Multifiber Arrangement: Is There a Future Post Uruguay Round?” in R.E. Baldwin and D. Richardson, (eds.) Issues in the Uruguay Round. Cambridge: National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., pp. 47-59, 1988.

“The Multifiber Arrangement: The Third Reincarnation.” in I. William Zartman (ed.) Positive Sum: Improving North-South Negotiations. New York: Transaction Books, pp. 149-170, 1987.

“Soviet Economic Interests in the Middle East.” in S. L. Spiegel, M. Heller and J. Goldberg (eds.) The Soviet-American Competition in the Middle East, pp. 221-238, 1987. (with Gur Ofer).

“Intra CMEA Relations: An Overview.” in Congress of the United States, Joint Economic Committee, The East European Economies: Slow Growth in the 1980’s, Volume 2, Washington: U.S. GPO, pp. 259-262, March 28, 1986.

“PRC Textile Trade and Investment: Impact of the U.S.- PRC Bilateral Textile Agreements.” in Congress of the United States, Joint Economic Committee, China’s Economy Looks Toward the Year 2000. Volume 2: Economic Openness in Modernizing China, Washington: U.S. GPO, pp. 384-431, May 21, 1986.

“The Effect of the U.S. – Israel Free Trade Area Agreement on Israeli Trade and Employment.” in B. Reich and G. R. Kieval (ed.) Israel Faces the Future, New York: Praeger, pp. 140-175, 1986.

“Economic Advantages to the PRC from Access to the U.S. Generalized System of Preferences.” in Congress of the United States, Joint Economic Committee, China’s Economy Looks Toward the Year 2000. Volume 2: Economic Openness in Modernizing China, Washington: U.S. GPO. pp. 472-498, May 21, 1986.

International Debt: Conflict and Resolution. George Mason University Press, January 1984. (with James R. Barth). Reprinted in John Adams (ed.) The Contemporary International Economy: A Reader, St. Martins Press, 1985, pp.358-391.

Costs of Protecting Jobs in Textiles and Clothing. Thames Essay No. 38, London: Trade Policy Research Center, 1984. (with Hans-Hinrich Glismann, Dean Spinanger and Martin Wolf).

“The Multifiber Arrangement and Its Effect on the Profit Performance of the U.S. Textile Industry.” in R.E. Baldwin and Anne O. Krueger (eds.) The Structure and Evolution of Recent U.S. Trade Policy, The University of Chicago Press, pp. 111-141, 1984.

“The Impact of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act S.544.” in U.S. Senate, Committee on Finance, Caribbean Basin Initiative – 1983, U.S. GPO, pp. 141-168, April 13, 1983.

“U.S.-PRC Trade Normalization: Effects on U.S. and Employment,” in Congress of the United States, Joint Economic Committee, China Under the Four Modernizations, Part Two, Washington: U.S. GPO, pp. 172-209, December 1982. (with T. Bayard, J. Orr and J. Perez-Lopez).

Study of U.S. Competitiveness. in U.S. Senate, Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, Export Promotion, Export Disincentives, and U.S. Competitiveness, Washington: U.S. GPO, pp. 277-509, September 1980. (with C. Michael Aho, T. Bayard and Harry P. Bowen).

“Assessing the Changing Structure of World Trade: An Analysis and Comparison of Various Indicators of Comparative Advantage and Competitiveness.” in U.S. Department of Labor, Report on U.S. Competitiveness, Washington: U.S. GPO, September 1980. (with C. Michael Aho and Harry P. Bowen).

The Competitiveness of the U.S.Textile Industry. University of South Carolina :Division of Research, College of Business Administration, May 1980. (with the assistance of Joseph Andrews).