Preface |
About the Author |
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Chapter 1 | International Economics Is Different |
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PART ONE The Theory of International Trade |
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Chapter 2 | The Basic Theory Using Demand and Supply |
Chapter 3 | Why Everybody Trades: Comparative Advantage |
Chapter 4 | Trade: Factor Availability and Factor Proportions Are Key |
Chapter 5 | Who Gains and Who Loses from Trade? |
Chapter 6 | Scale Economies, Imperfect Competition, and Trade |
Chapter 7 | Growth and Trade |
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PART TWO Trade Policy |
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Chapter 8 | Analysis of a Tariff |
Chapter 9 | Nontariff Barriers to Imports |
Chapter 10 | Arguments for and against Protection |
Chapter 11 | Pushing Exports |
Chapter 12 | Trade Blocs and Trade Blocks |
Chapter 13 | Trade and the Environment |
Chapter 14 | Trade Policies for Developing Countries |
Chapter 15 | Multinationals and Migration: International Factor Movements |
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PART THREE Understanding Foreign Exchange |
Chapter 16 | Payments among Nations |
Chapter 17 | The Foreign Exchange Market |
Chapter 18 | Forward Exchange and International Financial Investment |
Chapter 19 | What Determines Exchange Rates? |
Chapter 20 | Government Policies toward the Foreign Exchange Market |
Chapter 21 | International Lending and Financial Crises |
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PART FOUR Macro Policies for Open Economies |
Chapter 22 | How Does the Open Macroeconomy Work? |
Chapter 23 | Internal and External Balance with Fixed Exchange Rates |
Chapter 24 | Floating Exchange Rates and Internal Balance |
Chapter 25 | National and Global Choices: Floating Rates and the Alternatives |
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APPENDIXES |
Appendix A | The Web and the Library: International Numbers and Other Information |
Appendix B | Deriving Production-Possibility Curves |
Appendix C | Offer Curves |
Appendix D | The Nationally Optimal Tariff |
Appendix E | Accounting for International Payments |
Appendix F | Many Parities at Once |
Appendix G | Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply in the Open Economy |
Appendix H | Devaluation and the Current Account Balance |
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SUGGESTED ANSWERS—QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS |
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REFERENCES |
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INDEX |