International economics / L. Alan Winters.
By: Winters, L. Alan
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Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 382.1 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00039536 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
A rigorous and accessible introduction to international economics, stressing the role of theory in explaining international trade and finance. Statistics and a guide to the more specialized literature are included.
Bibliography: (pages 343-362) and indexes.
Introduction - why, what and how -- Part I -- Comparative costs and international trade -- Neo-classical trade theory -- Modern trade policy -- International trade and welfare -- Methods of protection: (A) the tariff -- Methods of protection: (B) Non-tariff barriers -- Arguments for protection in equilibrium -- Arguments for protection in disequilibrium -- Tariffs in the real world -- Customs unions -- The European economic community -- Factor prices and factor mobility -- International trade and economic growth -- Capital movements and the multinationals -- Part II -- The balance of payments -- National income and the trade balance -- Prices, competitiveness and the current account -- Macro-economics and the current account -- Money and the balance of payments -- The determinants of exchange rates -- Macro-economic policy in the open economy -- Economic adjustment - the case of oil -- Flexible exchange rates and optimum currency areas -- Part III -- The demand for international reserves -- The supply of international money: (A) the past -- The supply of international money: (B) the present -- The euro-currency markets.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Preface to the First Edition (p. xvii)
- Preface to the Revised Edition (p. xix)
- Preface to the Fourth Edition (p. xxi)
- Acknowledgements (p. xxii)
- 1 Introduction- Why, What and How (p. 1)
- Note (p. 10)
- Part I (p. 11)
- 2 Comparative Costs and International Trade (p. 13)
- 3 International Trade and Factor Endowments: (A) the Heckscher-Ohlin Theory (p. 28)
- 4 International Trade and Factor Endowments: (B) Specific Factors and Empirical Tests (p. 43)
- 5 Modern Trade Theory (p. 53)
- 6 Trade Theory: an Overview (p. 70)
- 7 International Trade and Welfare (p. 81)
- Note (p. 89)
- 8 Methods of Protection: (A) Tariffs (p. 90)
- 9 Methods of Protection: (B) Non-Tariff Barriers (p. 106)
- Notes (p. 122)
- 10 Static Arguments for Protection (p. 123)
- 11 Dynamic and Strategic Arguments for Protection (p. 140)
- Notes (p. 159)
- 12 The Political Economy of Protection (p. 160)
- 13 Customs Unions (p. 176)
- 14 The European Communities (p. 185)
- 15 International Trade and Economic Growth (p. 201)
- 16 Capital Movements and the Multinationals (p. 217)
- Part II (p. 235)
- 17 The Balance of Payments (p. 237)
- 18 National Income and the Trade Balance (p. 254)
- 19 Prices, Competitiveness and the Current Account (p. 269)
- 20 Macro-Economics and the Current Account (p. 289)
- 21 Money and the Balance of Payments (p. 304)
- 22 The Foreign Exchange Rate (p. 312)
- 23 Assets and Exchange Rates (p. 328)
- Notes (p. 342)
- 24 Macro-Economic Policy in the Open Economy (p. 343)
- 25 Two Case-Studies: Oil and the Dollar (p. 360)
- 26 Exchange Rate Regimes and Optimum Currency Areas (p. 374)
- Part III (p. 395)
- 27 The Demand for International Reserves (p. 397)
- 28 The Supply of International Money (p. 410)
- 29 The Euro-Currency Markets (p. 434)
- 30 Developing Countries and the International Monetary System (p. 448)
- Bibliography (p. 475)
- Author Index (p. 498)
- Subject Index (p. 503)