International economics: theory and policy

Krugman, Paul R.0-321-11639-9

Table of contents :
BRIEF CONTENTS……Page 3
Part I……Page 5
Part 2……Page 8
Part 3……Page 11
Part 4……Page 16
PREFACE……Page 20
C H A P T E R 1……Page 29
PART I……Page 37
The Concept of Comparative Advantage……Page 38
Production Possibilities……Page 40
Trade in a One-Factor World……Page 42
Determining the Relative Price after Trade……Page 44
The Gains From Trade……Page 47
A Numerical Example……Page 48
Relative Wages……Page 49
THE LOSSES FROM NON-TRADE……Page 50
Productivity and Competitiveness……Page 51
Exploitation……Page 52
DO WAGES REFLECT PRODUCTIVITY?……Page 53
Setting Up the Model……Page 54
Relative Wages and Specialization……Page 55
Determining the Relative Wage in the Multigood Model……Page 56
Adding Transport Costs and Nontraded Goods……Page 58
Empirical Evidence on the Ricardian Model……Page 59
Summary……Page 62
Problems……Page 63
Further Reading……Page 64
Specific Factors and Income Distribution……Page 66
Assumptions of the Model……Page 67
Production Possibilities……Page 68
Prices, Wages, and Labor Allocation……Page 72
An Equal Proportional Change in Prices…….Page 74
A Change in Relative Prices…….Page 75
Relative Prices and the Distribution of Income……Page 77
International Trade in the Specific Factors Model……Page 78
Resources and Relative Supply……Page 79
Trade and Relative Prices……Page 80
The Pattern of Trade……Page 81
Income Distribution and the Gains From Trade……Page 82
Optimal Trade Policy……Page 85
Income Distribution and Trade Politics……Page 86
SPECIFIC FACTORS AND THE BEGINNINGS OF TRADE THEORY……Page 87
Problems……Page 88
Further Reading……Page 90
Marginal and Total Product……Page 91
Relative Prices and the Distribution of Income……Page 92
C H A P T E R 4……Page 95
C H A P T E R 5……Page 121
C H A P T E R 6……Page 148
C H A P T E R 7……Page 188
PART 2……Page 213
C H A P T E R 8……Page 214
C H A P T E R 9……Page 246
C H A P T E R 10……Page 283
C H A P T E R 11……Page 304
PART 3……Page 321
C H A P T E R 12……Page 322
C H A P T E R 13……Page 352
C H A P T E R 14……Page 385
C H A P T E R 15……Page 416
C H A P T E R 16……Page 461
C H A P T E R 17……Page 509
PART 4……Page 559
C H A P T E R 18……Page 560
C H A P T E R 19……Page 596
C H A P T E R 20……Page 632
C H A P T E R 21……Page 664
C H A P T E R 22……Page 693
Mathematical Postscripts……Page 735
The Specific Factors Model……Page 736
The Factor Proportions Model……Page 742
The Trading World Economy……Page 745
The Monopolistic Competition Model……Page 754
Risk Aversion and International Portfolio Diversification……Page 756
INDEX……Page 765