World trade and payments : an introduction

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Title:

World trade and payments : an introduction

Author:

Caves, Richard E.

ISBN:

9780321031426

Personal Author:

Caves, Richard E.

Edition:

8th ed.

Publication Information:

Reading, Mass. ; Harlow : Addison-Wesley, c1999.

Physical Description:

xvii, 588, 65]p. : ill.(some col.) ; 24 cm.

Series:

The Addison Wesley series in economics

General Note:

Previous ed.: New York : HarperCollins, 1996.

Contents:

Ch. 1. Introduction -- Pt. I. The Basic Model of International Trade. Ch. 2. Commodity Trade. Ch. 3. Expanded Gains from Trade with Resource Movements. Ch. 4. Applications and Interpretations -- Pt. II. Trade Patterns, Income Distribution, and Growth. Ch. 5. Technology and Productivity: The Ricardian Trade Model. Ch. 6. Trade and Local Income Distribution: The Specific Factors Model. Ch. 7. Factor Endowments and Trade: The 2 X 2 Heckscher-Ohlin Model. Ch. 8. Trade, Growth, and Product Variety. Ch. 9. Trade in Intermediate Goods and Factors of Production -- Pt. III. The Theory and Practice of Commercial Policy. Ch. 10. Protection and the National Welfare. Ch. 11. The Political Economy of Protection. Ch. 12. Trade Policy and Imperfect Competition. Ch. 13. Trade Controls in Practice. Ch. 14. Preferential Arrangements and Regional Issues in Trade Policy -- Pt. IV. Money, Income, and the Balance of Payments. Ch. 15. The Balance of Payments Accounts.

Ch. 16. The Foreign Exchange Market and Trade Elasticities. Ch. 17. National Income and the Trade Balance. Ch. 18. Spending and the Exchange Rate in the Keynesian Model. Ch. 19. The Money Supply, the Price Level, and the Balance of Payments. Ch. 20. LDCs and Other Small Open Economies with Non-Traded Goods -- Pt. V. International Financial Markets and their Macroeconomic Implications. Ch. 21. The Internationalization of Financial Markets. Ch. 22. Fiscal and Monetary Policy with Partial International Capital Mobility. Ch. 23. Fiscal and Monetary Policy Under Modern Financial Market Conditions. Ch. 24. Interdependence, Aggregate Supply, and Policy Coordination -- Pt. VI. The Determination of Exchange Rates in International Asset Markets. Ch. 25. Expectations, Money, and the Determination of the Exchange Rate. Ch. 26. Exchange Rate Forecasting and Risk.

Subject Term:

International trade.

International trade -- Problems, exercises, etc.

Commercial policy.

Commercial policy -- Problems, exercises, etc.

Balance of payments.

Added Author:

Jones, Ronald Winthrop, 1931-

Frankel, Jeffrey A.

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Summary

This streamlined edition incorporates theoretical developments and presents balanced coverage of trade and finance. It features updated material on the multinational enterprise, the political economy of trade controls, the outcome of the Uruguay Round of international tariff negotiations and the World Trade Organization. New to this edition are sections examining Eastern European economies in transition and trade policies and the development of emerging industrialized countries. Each chapter ends with a series of problems and discussion questions.