Dennis R. Appleyard,
Davidson College Alfred J. Field, Jr.,
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill Steven L. Cobb,
University of North Texas
ISBN: 0073375675 Copyright year: 2008
Table of Contents
Introduction
CHAPTER 1:   The World of International Economics
Part I
CHAPTER 2:   Early Trade Theories: Mercantilism and the Transition to the Classical World of David Ricardo
CHAPTER 3:   Marginal Analysis for Optimal Decisions
CHAPTER 4:   Extensions and Tests of the Classical Model of Trade
Part II
CHAPTER 5:   Introduction to Neoclassical Trade Theory: Tools to Be Employed
CHAPTER 6:   Gains from Trade in Neoclassical Theory
CHAPTER 7:   Offer Curves and the Terms of Trade
CHAPTER 8:   The Basis for Trade: Factor Endowments and the Heckscher-Ohlin Model
CHAPTER 9:   Empirical Tests of the Factor Endowments Approach
PART III
CHAPTER 10:   Post Heckscher-Ohlin Theories of Trade and Intra-Industry Trade
CHAPTER 11:   Economic Growth and International Trade
CHAPTER 12:   International Factor Movements
PART IV
CHAPTER 13:   The Instruments of Trade Policy
CHAPTER 14:   The Impact of Trade Policies
CHAPTER 15:   Arguments for Interventionist Trade Policies
CHAPTER 16:   Political Economy and Recent U.S. Trade Policy
CHAPTER 17:   Economic Integration
CHAPTER 18:   International Trade and the Developing Countries
PART V
CHAPTER 19:   The Balance of Payments Accounts
CHAPTER 20:   The Foreign Exchange Market
CHAPTER 21:   International Financial Markets and Instruments: An Introduction
CHAPTER 22:   The Monetary and Portfolio Balance Approaches to External Balance
CHAPTER 23:   Price Adjustments and Balance of Payments Disequilibrium
CHAPTER 24:   National Income and the Current Account
PART VI
CHAPTER 25:   Economic Policy in the Open Economy: Fixed Exchange Rates
CHAPTER 26:   Economic Policy in the Open Economy: Flexible Exchange Rates
CHAPTER 27:   Prices and Output in the Open Economy: Aggregate Supply and Demand
PART VII
CHAPTER 28:   Fixed or Flexible Exchange Rates?
CHAPTER 29:   The International Monetary System: Past, Present, and Future