This paper reviews the legal aspect of formed and changing perceptions Communist Party Vietnam on socialist-oriented market economy (SME). The authors assess reflection that awareness in 2013 Constitution practical implementation Vietnam’s participation recent free trade agreements. We find there have been important changes related to SME before enactment Constitution. However, about policy is ...

Title of dissertation: ESSAYS ON THE ECONOMICS OF AUTOMOBILE FUEL ECONOMY Takahiko Kiso, Doctor of Philosophy, 2013 Dissertation directed by: Professor Kenneth McConnell Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics This dissertation consists of three chapters that analyze issues relating to automobile fuel economy. Chapter 1 discusses automobile fuel economy regulations in the United State...

A classic topic in economic theory is the organization of economic activity. While the roots of this topic go back to discussions of the appropriate role of the state in a market economy by the Mercantilists and Adam Smith’sWealth of Nations, it became the central issue in the 1930’s debates concerning the possibility of efficient resource allocation in a socialist economy. In this debate it wa...