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<p>This annual series provides comprehensive analysis on current and emerging issues of international trade and macroeconomics. Practitioners and academics contribute to each volume, with papers that provide an in-depth look at a particular topic. The fourth edition focuses on the issues and implications of globalization. Contents include: Holding International Reserves in an Era of High Capital Mobility Robert P. Flood (International Monetary Fund) and Nancy Marion (Dartmouth College) The Impossible Duo? Globalization and Monetary Independence in Emerging Markets Andrés Velasco (Harvard University) The Adoption of International Labor Standards Conventions: Who, When, and Why? Nancy H. Chau and Ravi Kanbur (Cornell University) The Determinants of Individual Trade Policy Preferences: International Survey Evidence Kevin O'Rourke and Richard Sinnott (Trinity College, Dublin) Borders, Trade, and Welfare James E. Anderson (Boston College) and Eric van Wincoop (Federal Reserve Bank of New York) Expansion Strategies of U.S. Multinational Firms Gordon Hanson (University of Michigan), Raymond J. Mataloni Jr. (BEA), and Matthew J. Slaughter (Dartmouth College) 2002, 6 x 9, 300 pp. paper, 0-8157-1575-7, $24.95 / £18.50 (ISSN 1520-5479) </p>