CHAPTER 1 Introduction 1
1.1 The Subject of International Economics 2
1.2 Patterns of International Trade 5
1.3 The Organization of This Book 8
PART Ⅰ COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE AND THE BASIC MODEL OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE 11
CHAPTER 2 The Gains from Trade 13
2.1 Background Behavior:Demand 14
2.2 Background Behavior:Supply 17
2.3 Gains from Trade and Free-Trade Equilibrium 20
2.4 Winners and Losers:Autarky to Free Trade 27
2.5 Summary 29
CHAPTER PROBLEMS 30
APPENDIX A:The Box Diagram 31
APPENDIX B:Substitution and Income Effects 32
APPENDIX C:The Offer Curve Diagram 34
CHAPTER 3 Applications of the Basic Model 37
3.1 Disturbances from Abroad and the Terms of Trade 38
3.2 Protecting the Import-Competing Commodity 40
3.3 Growth and International Trade 42
3.4 The Transfer Problem 43
3.5 Wider Interpretations of the Basic Trade Model 47
3.6 Trade and Market Structure 51
3.7 Summary 51
CHAPTER PROBLEMS 52
SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING 53
APPENDIX:The Stability Issue 53
PART Ⅱ GLOBALIZATION:TRADE PATTERNS AND INCOME DISTRIBUTION 57
CHAPTER 4 Technology and International Income Distribution:The Ricardian Model 59
4.1 The Ricardian Setting 60
4.2 Free-Trade Equilibrium 61
4.3 International Wage Comparisons and Productivities 64
4.4 A Many-Commodity and Many-Country World 68
4.5 Winners and Losers from Productivity Shocks 69
4.6 Nontraded Commodities 72
4.7 Summary 75
CHAPTER PROBLEMS 76
SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING 77
APPENDIX:Transitional Unemployment 77
CHAPTER 5 Factor Endowments and Trade Ⅰ:The Specific Factors Model 79
5.1 Diminishing Returns and Factor Hires 79
5.2 Outputs and Income Distribution in the Closed Economy 80
5.3 Outputs and Income Distribution with Free Trade 82
5.4 Growth in Factor Endowments 84
5.5 Consequences for Political Economy 85
5.6 The Pattern of Trade 86
5.7 Alternative Interpretations:Specific Capital or Specific Labor 87
5.8 Dutch Disease 88
5.9 Summary 90
CHAPTER PROBLEMS 92
SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING 93
APPENDIX:The Transformation Schedule 93
CHAPTER 6 Factor Endowments and Trade Ⅱ:The Heckscher-Ohlin Model 95
6.1 If Technology Is Rigid 96
6.2 Flexible Technology 99
6.3 Possible Trade Patterns and the Distribution of Income 102
6.4 International Trade with Many Commodities 106
6.5 How Concentrated Is Production? 108
6.6 Changing Comparative Advantage with Economic Growth 109
6.7 Heckscher-Ohlin Theory and Empirical Evidence 110
6.8 Summary 114
CHAPTER PROBLEMS 116
SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING 117
APPENDIX:The Production Box 118
CHAPTER 7 Imperfect Competition,Increasing Returns,and Product Variety 121
7.1 The Prevalence of Intra-Industry Trade 122
7.2 Consumer Behavior and the Demand for Product Variety 123
7.3 Increasing Returns in Production 125
7.4 Summary 131
CHAPTER PROBLEMS 132
SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING 132
CHAPTER 8 Resource Trade,Outsourcing,and Product Fragmentation 133
8.1 Given Resources and Footloose Production Processes 134
8.2 Footloose Inputs:The Joint Role of Comparative and Absolute Advantage 137
8.3 Outsourcing and the International Fragmentation of Production 141
8.4 Outsourcing and Advanced Country Wage Rates 144
8.5 Summary 147
CHAPTER PROBLEMS 148
SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING 148
CHAPTER 9 International Factor Movements:Labor and Capital 151
9.1 Factor Movements,Efficiency,and Welfare 151
9.2 International Capital Movements:Selected Issues 154
9.3 Multinationals and Foreign Direct Investment 158
9.4 Summary 164
CHAPTER PROBLEMS 165
SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING 166
PART Ⅲ THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF COMMERCIAL POLICY 167
CHAPTER 10 Protection and the National Welfare 169
10.1 Protection by a Small Country 170
10.2 Protection by a Large Country 177
10.3 Taxing Trade:Domestic Welfare 178
10.4 Taxing Trade:World Welfare 179
10.5 Summary 181
CHAPTER PROBLEMS 181
SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING 182
APPENDIX:Tariffs and the Offer Curve 182
CHAPTER 11 The Political Economy of Protection 187
11.1 Protection as a Device for Raising Revenue 187
11.2 Commercial Policy as a Second-Best Device 189
11.3 Protection and Rent-Seeking Activities 192
11.4 Growth,Protection,and Welfare 197
11.5 Protection and Unemployment 200
11.6 Summary 200
CHAPTER PROBLEMS 201
SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING 201
CHAPTER 12 Trade Policy and Imperfect Competition 203
12.1 Monopoly and the Gains from Trade 203
12.2 Cartels and the Interests of Producing and Consuming Countries 207
12.3 Monopoly and Policies of Exporting and Importing Countries 209
12.4 Intellectual Property Rights 218
12.5 Summary 220
CHAPTER PROBLEMS 221
SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING 222
APPENDIX:International Duopoly and National Strategy 223
CHAPTER 13 Trade Controls in Practice 227
13.1 Tariffs:Levels and Trends 227
13.2 Multilateral Tariff Reduction 229
13.3 Devices for Special Protection 233
13.4 Special Protection in Action 236
13.5 Prospects for Special Protection 241
13.6 Summary 242
CHAPTER PROBLEMS 243
SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING 244
CHAPTER 14 Preferential Arrangements and Regional Issues in Trade Policy 245
14.1 Regional Preferences and Regional Trade 245
14.2 Welfare Effects of Trade Preferences 247
14.3 Preferential Arrangements in Practice 251
14.4 Trade Problems of the Economies in Transition 257
14.5 Trade and Growth:China and the Asian NICs 260
14.6 Preferential Arrangements:New Policy Issues 264
14.7 Summary 267
CHAPTER PROBLEMS 269
SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING 269
PART Ⅳ MONEY,INCOME,AND THE BALANCE OF PAYMENTS 271
CHAPTER 15 The Balance of Payments Accounts 273
15.1 Breakdown of the Accounts 275
15.2 How Individual Transactions Are Recorded 278
15.3 Double-Entry Bookkeeping 280
15.4 The Balances 282
15.5 Statistical Errors in the Payments Accounts 286
15.6 Summary 288
CHAPTER PROBLEMS 288
CHAPTER 16 The Foreign Exchange Market and Trade Elasticities 291
16.1 The Flow of Supply and Demand for Foreign Exchange 291
16.2 Empirical Effects of Devaluation on the Trade Balance 297
16.3 Summary 300
CHAPTER PROBLEMS 301
SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING 303
APPENDIX:Stability of the Foreign Exchange Market 303
CHAPTER 17 National Income and the Trade Balance 307
17.1 The Small-Country Keynesian Model 307
17.2 The National Saving-Investment Identity 309
17.3 Multipliers 310
17.4 The Transfer Problem 314
17.5 For a Large Country:The Two-Country Keynesian Model 316
17.6 Summary 321
CHAPTER PROBLEMS 322
SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING 324
APPENDIX:The Two-Country Model in Graphical Form 324
CHAPTER 18 Spending and the Exchange Rate in the Keynesian Model 327
18.1 Transmission of Disturbances 327
18.2 Expenditure-Switching and Expenditure-Reducing Policies 330
18.3 Monetary Factors 337
18.4 Summary 343
CHAPTER PROBLEMS 344
SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING 346
APPENDIX A:The Laursen-Metzler-Harberger Effect 346
APPENDIX B:The Assignment Problem 350
CHAPTER 19 The Money Supply,the Price Level,and the Balance of Payments 353
19.1 The Nonsterilization Assumption 353
19.2 The Purchasing Power Parity Assumption 358
19.3 Purchasing Power Parity in a Hyperinflation 369
19.4 PPP in the Model of the Balance of Payments 372
19.5 Summary 374
CHAPTER PROBLEMS 375
SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING 377
APPENDIX A:The Gold Standard 378
APPENDIX B:Reserve Flows After Spending Increase and Devaluation 382
APPENDIX C:The Determination of the Balance of Payments in the Monetarist Model 384
CHAPTER 20 Developing Countries and Other Small Open Economies with Nontraded Goods 391
20.1 Nontraded Goods 392
20.2 Expenditure and the Relative Price of Nontraded Goods 395
20.3 The Monetary Approach with Nontraded Goods 401
20.4 Summary 407
CHAPTER PROBLEMS 407
SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING 408
PART Ⅴ INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL MARKETS AND THEIR MACROECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS 409
CHAPTER 21 The Globalization of Financial Markets 411
21.1 The Postwar Financial System(1944-1973) 412
21.2 The Foreign Exchange Market 414
21.3 Liberalization 419
21.4 Innovation 426
21.5 Advantages of Financial Integration 435
21.6 Summary 439
CHAPTER PROBLEMS 439
SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING 440
APPENDIX:The Effect of a Budget Deficit Under Intertemporal Optimization 441
CHAPTER 22 The Mundell-Fleming Model with Partial International Capital Mobility 445
22.1 The Model 447
22.2 Fiscal Policy and the Degree of Capital Mobility Under Fixed Rates 450
22.3 Monetary Policy and the Degree of Capital Mobility Under Fixed Rates 452
22.4 When Money Flows Are Not Sterilized 454
22.5 Other Automatic Mechanisms of Adjustment 456
22.6 The Pursuit of Internal and External Balance 457
22.7 Summary 460
CHAPTER PROBLEMS 461
SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING 461
APPENDIX:Zones of Internal and External Balance 461
CHAPTER 23 Fiscal and Monetary Policy Under Modern Financial Market Conditions 467
23.1 Fiscal Policy Under Floating:An Effect Mitigated by Capital Mobility 468
23.2 Monetary Policy Under Floating:An Effect Enhanced by Capital Mobility 474
23.3 Policy Under Perfect Capital Mobility 477
23.4 Summary 486
CHAPTER PROBLEMS 486
SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING 487
CHAPTER 24 Crises in Emerging Markets 489
24.1 Inflows to Emerging Markets 489
24.2 Managing Outflows 498
24.3 Speculative Attacks 499
24.4 Contagion 504
24.5 IMF Country Programs 506
24.6 Contractionary Effects of Devaluation 510
24.7 Capital Controls 515
24.8 Reform of International Financial Architecture 518
24.9 Summary 520
CHAPTER PROBLEMS 521
SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING 522
CHAPTER 25 Interdependence and Policy Coordination 525
25.1 International Transmission of Disturbances Under Floating Exchange Rates 525
25.2 Econometric Models of the Interdependent World Economy 530
25.3 International Macroeconomic Policy Coordination 535
25.4 Summary 540
CHAPTER PROBLEMS 540
SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING 541
CHAPTER 26 Supply and Inflation 543
26.1 The Aggregate Supply Relationship 543
26.2 Supply Relationship with Indexed Wages 551
26.3 Inflation 554
26.4 Alternative Anchors for a Country's Money 556
26.5 The Choice of Exchange Rate Regime 559
26.6 Summary 567
CHAPTER PROBLEMS 568
SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING 568
PART Ⅵ THE DETERMINATION OF EXCHANGE RATES IN INTERNATIONAL ASSET MARKETS 571
CHAPTER 27 Expectations,Money,and the Determination of the Exchange Rate 573
27.1 Interest Rate Parity Conditions 573
27.2 The Monetary Model of Exchange Rates with Flexible Prices 575
27.3 Two Examples of the Importance of Expectations 585
27.4 Overshooting and the Real Exchange Rate 588
27.5 Two More Examples of the Importance of Expectations 599
27.6 Summary 603
CHAPTER PROBLEMS 604
SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING 605
CHAPTER 28 Exchange Rate Forecasting and Risk 607
28.1 Forecasting the Spot Exchange Rate 607
28.2 The Role of Exchange Risk 612
28.3 Portfolio Balance Effects on the Exchange Rate 616
28.4 Summary 620
CHAPTER PROBLEMS 621
SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING 622
PART Ⅶ SUPPLEMENTS FOR SELECTED CHAPTERS 1
SUPPLEMENT TO CHAPTER 2:The Equations of Exchange Equilibrium 3
SUPPLEMENT TO CHAPTER 3:Stability and Comparative Statics in the Basic Trade Model 10
SUPPLEMENT TO CHAPTER 5:The Specific-Factors Model of Production 17
SUPPLEMENT TO CHAPTER 6:The Two-Sector Heckscher-Ohlin Model 22
SUPPLEMENT TO CHAPTER 10:Real Incomes,Prices,and the Tariff 27
SUPPLEMENT TO CHAPTER 11:Tariffs,Growth,and Welfare 33
SUPPLEMENT TO CHAPTER 12:Imperfect Competition,Trade Restrictions,and Welfare 39
SUPPLEMENT TO CHAPTER 16:Import and Export Elasticities 43
SUPPLEMENT TO CHAPTER 19:The Monetarist Two-Country Model of the Balance of Payments 44
SUPPLEMENT TO CHAPTER 24:Debt Dynamics 47
SUPPLEMENT TO CHAPTER 25:The Locomotive Theory 48
SUPPLEMENT TO CHAPTER 26:Real Wage Indexation 50
SUPPLEMENT TO CHAPTER 27:The Monetary Model of the Exchange Rate 51
SUPPLEMENT TO CHAPTER 28:The Optimally Diversified Portfolio 55
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