Political and economic motivations for labor control: a comparison of Ireland, Puerto Rico, and Singapore

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This article provides a comparative analysis of economic and political policies in Ireland, Puerto Rico and Singapore, focusing on the constraints of the global economy on smaller economies pursuing foreign direct investment to develop export-orientated industrialization (EOI). The ability of governments to meet labor requirements for EOI is believed to be necessary for its success; low wages and labor peace are requirements achieved through labor control policies and repression, which are dominated by political control rather than economic motivation.

Ireland, Singapore, Puerto Rico, Foreign investments, Political aspects, Labor relations, Industrial development, Industrialization, Comparative government

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Deeper concessions and rising barriers to entry: new regionalism for Turkey and Mexico

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This article discusses the challenges Turkey and Mexico face with new regionalism. The author argues international pressure on Mexico and Turkey has redefined their role in the global economy in which barriers into the entry of regional blocs greatly affected the outcome the of collective bargaining process which benefited the existing members and worked against Turkey and Mexico.

Mexico, Turkey, International aspects, International relations, Collective bargaining, Regionalism

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Connecting economic models to the real world: Game theory and the FCC spectrum auctions

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The claim that models in economics supply claims about tendencies and also the view that economics is necessarily done according to the method of isolation are challenged. In cases such as the Federal Communications Commission spectrum auctions, where economics licensed successful policy interventions, its method is not to study tendencies but to study the phenomenon as a whole.

Economic Programs, Administration of Economic Programs, Policy sciences

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