East-West Economic Relations in the Changing Global Environment

Acknowledgements - List of Participants - Abbreviations and Acronyms - Introduction; B.Csik s-Nagy - Opening Address; J.Marjai - PART 1 THE GLOBAL FRAMEWORK AND EAST-WEST ECONOMIC INTERACTION - Recent Developments and some Issues of East-West Economic Relations; K.A.Sahlgrea - Changing Position of Europe in the World Economy and East-West Economic Relations; J.Bogn r - Deterioration of the Global Environment and East-West Relations; O.Bogolomov - The Global Framework and East-West Economic Relations; A.Hewett - Political and Economic Influences on East-West Economic Relations; P.Kairsch - Discussion - PART 2 INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK AND SPECIAL FACTORS INFLUENCING EAST-WEST TRADE - Legal and Institutional Framework of the East-West Economic Relations; K.Michalowska-Goirywoda - The Impact of the Polish Crisis on East-West Trade; F-L.Altmann - Discussion - PART 3 COUNTRY EXPERIENCES IN EAST-WEST TRADE AND ENERGY TRADE - Soviet Energy Supplies as a Factor in East-West Relations; J.Bethkenhagen - Austria's Trade with the East; F.Levcik - US East-West Trade Policy, focusing on Recent Legal Developments; P.Marer - Hungary's Experiences in GATT; J.Nyerges - Discussion PART 4 EAST-WEST COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF TECHNOLOGY - Transfer of Technology in East-West Economic Relations; G.N tzold - East-West Relations in Technology Transfer in the 1980s; M.Simai - Trends in Direct Investment and the Transfer of Technology; C.H.McMillan - Discussion - PART 5 EAST-WEST FINANCIAL COOPERATION - Relations between Western Capital Markets and the CMEA Six; C.Boffito - Eastern European Countries and the IMF; M.Lavigne - Some Aspects of East-West Financial Cooperation; J.Soldaczuk - The Impact of Debt Problems on East-West Economic Relations: An Additional Proposal for the Solution of International Debt Problems; K.P csi - Discussion - PART 6 MARKET BEHAVIOUR AND COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE IN EAST-WEST TRADE - East-West Trade and Market-Conforming Behaviour: A Case Study of Hungary; B.Csik s-Nagy - Systems' Adjustments to East-West Economic Cooperation; P.H.Dembinski - Comparative Advantage and Competitiveness in East-West Relations; C.Saunders - Criteria for a Political Cost-Benefit Approach towards East-West Economic Relations; H.Vogel - Discussion - Index