International economics
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International economics
Irwin McGraw-Hill, c2000
11th ed
- (International ed.)
Available at 17 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Previous ed.: c1996
Includes bibliographical references (p. 690-700) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This text covers all the conventional areas of international economics in an easy-to-understand manner, and this thoroughly revised edition continues to be accessible, flexible, and interesting to economics and business students alike.
Table of Contents
- International economics is different. Part 1 The theory of international trade: the basic theory of international trade - demand and supply
- why everybody trades - comparative advantage and factor proportions
- who gains and who loses from trade? growth and trade
- alternative theories of trade. Part 2 Trade policy: the basic analysis of a tariff
- non-tariff barriers to imports
- arguments for and against protection
- pushing exports
- trade blocs and trade blocks
- trade and the environment
- trade policies for developing and transition countries
- the political economy of trade and agriculture. Part 3 Understanding foreign exchange: payments among nations
- the foreign exchange market
- forward exchange
- what determines exchange rates in the long run? what determines exchange rates in the short run? government policies toward the foreign exchange market. Part 4 Macro policies for open economics: how does the open macroeconomy work? internal and external balance with fixed exchange rates
- floating exchange rates and internal balance
- national and global choices -floating rates and the alternatives. Part 5 factor movements: the international movement of labour
- international lending and financial crises
- direct foreign investment and the multinationals. Appendices: where the international numbers are
- deriving production possibilities curves
- offer curve
- the nationally optimal tariff
- the monopoly effect of a quota
- many parities at once
- devaluation and the trade balance.
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