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International trade

Robert C. Feenstra, Alan M. Taylor

Macmillan International Higher Education , Worth Publishers, c2021

5th ed

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Previous ed. c2017

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Help your students navigate the realities of the global economy - the theories, the data, the policies and their impact. Emphasizing the use of data and empirics to link cutting-edge economic theory to current world events, this book was developed in the classroom by two of the most prominent researchers in the field who saw a need for a text with fresh theories and perspectives. Seamlessly blending theory and data with real-world policies, events, and evidence, Feenstra and Taylor's International Trade provides engaging, balanced coverage and applications of key concepts. International Trade is supported by Achieve, our integrated, online learning system which allows you to engage every student with powerful multimedia resources, an integrated e-Book, robust homework, and a wealth of interactives, creating an extraordinary new learning resource for students. Key features include: Access to an eBook for easy reading and searching LearningCurve adaptive quizzing offers practice questions to check understanding and provides feedback to ensure students have grasped the concepts Discovering Data and Work It Out problems provide the opportunity to locate, analyze, and interpret real-world data, related to topics in the book Curated multi-step questions and graphing problems are paired with rich feedback to guide students through the process of problem solving and developing their analytical thinking

Table of Contents

PART 1 INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL TRADE.- 1. Trade in the Global Economy.- PART 2 PATTERNS OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE.- 2. Trade and Technology: The Ricardian Model.- 3. Gains and Losses from Trade in the Specific-Factors Model.- 4. Trade and Resources: The Heckscher-Ohlin Model.- 5. Movement of Labor and Capital Between Countries.- PART 3 NEW EXPLANATIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL TRADE.- 6. Increasing Returns to Scale and Monopolistic Competition.- 7. Offshoring of Goods and Services.- PART 4 INTERNATIONAL TRADE POLICIES.- 8. Import Tariffs and Quotas Under Perfect Competition.- 9. Import Tariffs and Quotas Under Imperfect Competition.- 10. Export Policies in Resource-Based and High-Technology Industries.- 11. International Agreements on Trade and the Environment.

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Details

  • NCID
    BC10926101
  • ISBN
    • 9781319382865
  • Country Code
    xx
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    [S.l.],New York
  • Pages/Volumes
    xxi, 392, 11 p.
  • Size
    28 cm
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