Journal of Economic Literature

Book Reviews

2026-09-01

Rod Falvey of University of Nottingham reviews “Measuring Globalisation: Gauging Its Consequences” by Axel Dreher, Noel Gaston, Pim Martens,. The EconLit Abstract of the reviewed work begins “Presents a framework for defining globalization and analyzing the relationships among economic, political, and social variables. Discusses the move toward an understanding of the concept of globalization; the measurement of globalization; and consequences of globalization reconsidered--applying the KOF Index. Dreher is at the KOF Swiss Economic Institute at ETH Zurich. Gaston is at Bond University. Martens is at Maastricht University. Author and subject indexes.”

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DOI https://doi.org/10.1257/jel.47.3.801.r7