Economic consequences of the size of nations /
Economic consequences of the size of nations /
- London : New York : Macmillan; St Martins Press, c1960.
- xxii, 446 p. :ill,
Proceedings of a Conference held by the International Economic Association.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This volume comprise of proceedings of a conference held in 1957 by the International Economic Association, directed at the complex problem of the causal relations between the size of a nation and its economic efficiency and potential for growth and development-a subject about which there has been no lack of easy generalizations.
Papers presented include: Economic Growth Of Small Nations; Study of the Size and Efficiency of the American Economy; Study of the Efficiency of a Small Nation: Switzerland; Study of the Efficiency of a Small Nation: Belgium; Are the Economies of Scale Unlimited?; Size of Markets, Scale of Firms, and the Character of Competition; The Problems of Developing Countries; The Experience of Italy; Size and Viability: The Lesson of Austria; The Problems of Portuguese Economic Development; The Size of the Economy and Its Relation to Stability and Steady Progress: I; The Size of the Economy and Its Relation to Stability and Steady Progress: II; The Size of the Nation and the Cost of Administration; Note on Size of States and Cost of Administration in Australia; The Size of the Nation and Its Vulnerability to Economic Nationalism; How Far Can Foreign Trade and Customs Agreements Confer Upon Small Nations the Advantages of Large Nations?; International Trade and Economic Integration as a Means of Over-Coming the Disadvantages of a Small Nation; The Intra-Bloc Trade of Benelux.
States, Small.
Economic development.
Economic conditions.
United States.
HD82 / .I42
330.1 / ECO
Proceedings of a Conference held by the International Economic Association.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This volume comprise of proceedings of a conference held in 1957 by the International Economic Association, directed at the complex problem of the causal relations between the size of a nation and its economic efficiency and potential for growth and development-a subject about which there has been no lack of easy generalizations.
Papers presented include: Economic Growth Of Small Nations; Study of the Size and Efficiency of the American Economy; Study of the Efficiency of a Small Nation: Switzerland; Study of the Efficiency of a Small Nation: Belgium; Are the Economies of Scale Unlimited?; Size of Markets, Scale of Firms, and the Character of Competition; The Problems of Developing Countries; The Experience of Italy; Size and Viability: The Lesson of Austria; The Problems of Portuguese Economic Development; The Size of the Economy and Its Relation to Stability and Steady Progress: I; The Size of the Economy and Its Relation to Stability and Steady Progress: II; The Size of the Nation and the Cost of Administration; Note on Size of States and Cost of Administration in Australia; The Size of the Nation and Its Vulnerability to Economic Nationalism; How Far Can Foreign Trade and Customs Agreements Confer Upon Small Nations the Advantages of Large Nations?; International Trade and Economic Integration as a Means of Over-Coming the Disadvantages of a Small Nation; The Intra-Bloc Trade of Benelux.
States, Small.
Economic development.
Economic conditions.
United States.
HD82 / .I42
330.1 / ECO