International Economics

Dunn, Mutti0-203-33961-4, 0-203-46204-1

Table of contents :
Book Cover……Page 1
Title……Page 4
Contents……Page 5
List of figures……Page 14
List of tables……Page 18
List of boxes……Page 20
List of exhibits……Page 22
Preface……Page 24
Introduction……Page 28
International trade and trade policy……Page 42
Patterns of trade and the gains from trade: insights from classical theory……Page 44
Trade between dissimilar countries: insights from the factor proportions theory……Page 78
Trade between similar countries: implications of decreasing costs and imperfect competition……Page 109
The theory of protection: tariffs and other barriers to trade……Page 136
Arguments for protection and the political economy of trade policy……Page 167
Regional blocs: preferential trade liberalization……Page 194
Commercial policy: history and recent controversies……Page 211
International mobility of labor and capital……Page 232
Trade and growth……Page 250
Issues of international public economics……Page 269
International finance and open economy macroeconomics……Page 290
Balance-of-payments accounting……Page 294
Markets for foreign exchange……Page 320
International derivatives: foreign exchange forwards, futures, and options……Page 339
Alternative models of balance-of-payments or exchange-rate determination……Page 356
Payments adjustment with fixed exchange rates……Page 379
Balance-of-payments adjustment through exchange rate changes……Page 404
Open economy macroeconomics with fixed exchange rates……Page 430
The theory of flexible exchange rates……Page 457
The international monetary system: history and current controversies……Page 482
Glossary……Page 523
Index……Page 537