Economic interdependence

About: Economic interdependence is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 1357 publications have been published within this topic receiving 33469 citations.

Foodborne disease control: a transnational challenge.

Abstract: In the globalized political economy of the late 20th century, increasing social, political, and economic interdependence is occurring as a result of the rapid movement of people, images, values, and financial transactions across national borders. Another consequence of the increase in transnational trade, travel, and migration is the greater risk of cross-border transmission of infectious diseases. As the world becomes more interconnected, diseases spread more rapidly and effectively. With more than one million people crossing international borders every day, and with the globalization of food production, manufacturing, and marketing, the risk of infectious disease transmission is greater. Economic globalization has also increased the need for governmental budget austerity, and consequent national preparedness has been eroded. The emergence of new infectious diseases, as well as the reemergence of old ones, thus represents a crucial transnational policy issue. These problems cannot be resolved by national governments alone; they require international cooperation. This article analyzes the role of foodborne disease surveillance programs, nationally and internationally, in the control of foodborne diseases.

The Study of Interdependence and Conflict Recent Advances, Open Questions, and Directions for Future Research

Abstract: A burgeoning literature has emerged on the relationship between economic interdependence and political conflict. This literature is evaluated, and three issues are raised for future research. First, there is a need to improve the theoretical basis of claims about the influence of interdependence on conflict and to specify more clearly the causal mechanisms underlying any such relationship. Second, future research should identify the boundary conditions of the effects of interdependence on conflict. Third, much more attention must be paid to the definition and measurement of interdependence and conflict.

Ocean Freight Rates and Economic Development 1750-1913

Abstract: REVOLUTIONARY developments in transport have been an essential feature of the rapid growth of the western world of the past two centuries. Reduction in the cost of carriage has enabled specialization and division of labor on a national and international basis to replace the relatively self-sufficient economies that predominated in the western world two centuries ago. The striking role of the railroad in the nineteenth century is well known. However, it was water transport in which the bulk shipment of commodities began, and it was the development of ocean shipping that was an integral aspect of the growing economic interdependence of the western world, the opening up of the undeveloped continents, and the promotion of the settlement of the "empty lands." The declining cost of ocean transportation was a process of widening the resource base of the western world. The agriculture of new countries was stimulated (and that of old countries at least temporarily depressed), the specter of famine as a result of crop failure reduced, and the raw materials were provided for industrialization. In short, the radical decline in ocean freight rates was an important part of the redirection of the resources of the western world in the course of the vast development of the past two centuries. This paper is in effect a progress report on a study I initiated two years ago at the National Bureau of Economic Research on the costs of ocean transportation between i750 and 1913. The initial statistical objective was to gather annual data on every major bulk commodity on every major trade route in the world over this period. Needless to say, this immodest objective was confronted with limitations of available data; yet I think it can be said with some confidence now that a fairly comprehensive picture of the costs of ocean transportation over this period will result. Most of the data have now been gathered and we now know where we can obtain the rates to fill in the gaps that remain. The data are, as yet, far from completely organized and analyzed, but the conclusions that have emerged already will, I believe, be of interest to you. What I propose to do in this paper is summarize and illustrate a few of these conclusions and go on to explore briefly

Economic Interdependence and International Conflict: New Perspectives on an Enduring Debate

Abstract: The claim that open trade promotes peace has sparked heated debate among scholars and policymakers for centuries Until recently, however, this claim remained untested and largely unexplored Economic Interdependence and International Conflict clarifies the state of current knowledge about the effects of foreign commerce on political-military relations and identifies the avenues of new research needed to improve our understanding of this relationship The contributions to this volume offer crucial insights into the political economy of national security, the causes of war, and the politics of global economic relations Edward D Mansfield is Hum Rosen Professor of Political Science and Co-Director of the Christopher H Browne Center for International Politics at the University of Pennsylvania Brian M Pollins is Associate Professor of Political Science at Ohio State University and a Research Fellow at the Mershon Center