Book Reviews: Understanding Pottery Function, Recent Developments in Southeastern Archaeology: From Colonization to Complexity

James Rauch of University of California, San Diego reviews “Global Production: Firms, Contracts, and Trade Structure,” by Pol Antràs. The Econlit abstract of this book begins: “[vii] Based on previously published articles and the CREI Lectures in Macroeconomics delivered in Barcelona in June 2012 and aimed at graduate students and researchers interested in recent developments in international trade, [front flap] provides an overview of the issues facing multinational companies and their global sourcing strategies. [27] Addresses the various ways in which the contracting environment shapes the location and internalization decisions of firms in the global economy. [TOC] Discusses [3 et seq.] goods that are made in the world — the effects of the information and communication technology revolution, the reduction of manmade trade barriers, and global participation in the process of globalization; [28] workhorse models — an intellectual history and overview of firm-level analysis; [59] contracts and export behavior — simple imperfect-contracting variants of the Melitz model; contracts and global sourcing — contractual frictions in the two-country model of global sourcing; contracts and sourcing — evidence and the multicountry version of global sourcing; the transaction-cost approach; the property-rights approach; and internalization — empirical evidence. [back flap] Antràs is Robert G. Ory Family Professor of Economics at Harvard University.”

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Book Reviews

Journal of Economic Literature ◽

10.1257/jel.52.4.1160.r5 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 52 (4) ◽

pp. 1168-1170

Keyword(s):

Public Affairs ◽

Fair Allocation ◽

Equivalent Income ◽

University Center ◽

Princeton University ◽

Recent Developments ◽

University Of Oslo ◽

The University ◽

Beyond Gdp

Geir B. Asheim of the University of Oslo reviews “Beyond GDP: Measuring Welfare and Assessing Sustainability”, by Marc Fleurbaey and Didier Blanchet. The Econlit abstract of this book begins: “Examines recent developments in the fields of social choice, fair allocation, sustainability, and happiness, and explores how the construction of a reasonable alternative to gross domestic product can be imagined. Discusses a wealth of indicators; measuring sustainability; a price for everything?; equivalent income, or how to value what has no price; is happiness all that matters?; and empowering capabilities. Fleurbaey is Robert E. Kuenne Professor of Economics and Humanistic Studies and Professor of Public Affairs for the University Center for Human Values at Princeton University. Blanchet is Editor-in-Chief of Economie et Statistique and a research affiliate to the Centre de Recherche en Economie et Statistique.”

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Book Reviews

Journal of Economic Literature ◽

10.1257/jel.52.1.211.r5 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 52 (1) ◽

pp. 218-220 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Keyword(s):

Data Envelopment ◽

Clemson University ◽

Free Disposal Hull ◽

Free Disposal ◽

University Of Colorado ◽

Catholic University ◽

Recent Developments ◽

Using Data ◽

Nonparametric Statistical

Carlos Martins-Filho of University of Colorado and IFPRI reviews, “Estimation and Inference in Nonparametric Frontier Models: Recent Developments and Perspectives” by Leopold Simar and Paul W. Wilson. The Econlit abstract of this book begins: “Presents recent developments in, and perspectives on, estimation and inference in nonparametric frontier models. Discusses nonparametric statistical models of production—combining economics and statistics; the nonparametric envelopment estimators; bootstrap inference using data envelopment analysis and free disposal hull estimators; robust order-m estimators; robust order-α estimators; outlier detection; explaining inefficiency; and unanswered questions, promising ideas. Simar is at the Catholic University of Louvain. Wilson is at Clemson University.”

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