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Appleyard, Dennis R.

International Economics / Dennis R. Appleyard, Alfred J. Field JR. and Steven L. Cobb - 6th ed. - Boston : McGraw-Hill Irwin, 2008. - xxvii, 804 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

INTRODUCTION
1. The World of International Economics;
PART I
2. Early Trade Theories: Mercantilism and the Transition to the Classical World of David Ricardo;
3. The Classical World of David Ricardo and Comparative Advantage;
4. Extensions and Tests of the Classical Model of Trade;
PART II
5. Introduction to Neoclassical Trade Theory: Tools to Be Employed;
6. Gains from Trade in Neoclassical Theory;
7. Offer Curves and the Terms of Trade;
8. The Basis for Trade: Factor Endowments and the Heckscher-Ohlin Model;
9. Empirical Tests of the Factor Endowments Approach;
PART III
10. Post Heckscher-Ohlin Theories of Trade and Intra-Industry Trade;
11. Economic Growth and International Trade;
12. International Factor Movements;
PART IV
13. The Instruments of Trade Policy;
14. The Impact of Trade Policies;
15. Arguments for Interventionist Trade Policies;
16. Political Economy and Recent U.S. Trade Policy;
17. Economic Integration;
18. International Trade and the Developing Countries;
PART V
19. The Balance of Payments Accounts;
20. The Foreign Exchange Market;
21. International Financial Markets and Instruments: An Introduction;
22. The Monetary and Portfolio Balance Approaches to External Balance;
23. Price Adjustments and Balance of Payments Disequilibrium;
24. National Income and the Current Account;
PART VI
25. Economic Policy in the Open Economy: Fixed Exchange Rates;
26. Economic Policy in the Open Economy: Flexible Exchange Rates;
27. Prices and Output in the Open Economy: Aggregate Supply and Demand;
PART VII
28. Fixed or Flexible Exchange Rates? ;
29. The International Monetary System: Past, Present, and Future .

ISBN: 9780071287562 (pbk.)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
International Economic Relations.
International Trade.
International Finance.

Dewey Class. No.: 337 APP-1