International economics - Pugel, Thomas A. (Boston McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2004)
Table of Contents: Preface. About the Author. 1. International Economics Is Different -- Part One. The Theory of International Trade: 2. The Basic Theory Using Demand and Supply -- 3. Why Everybody Trades: Comparative Advantage and Factor Proportions -- 4. Who Gains and Who Loses from Trade? -- 5. Alternative Theories of Trade -- 6. Growth and Trade -- Part Two. Trade Policy: 7. Analysis of a Tariff -- 8. Nontariff Barriers to Imports -- 9. Arguments for and against Protection -- 10. Pushing Exports -- 11. Trade Blocs and Trade Blocks -- 12. Trade and the Environment -- 13. Trade Policies for Developing and Transition Countries -- 14. Multinationals and Migration: International Factor Movements -- Part Three. Understanding Foreign Exchange: 15. Payments among Nations -- 16. The Foreign Exchange Market -- 17. Forward Exchange and International Financial Investment -- 18. What Determines Exchange Rates? -- 19. Government Policies toward the Foreign Exchange Market -- 20. International Lending and Financial Crises -- Part Four. Macro Policies for Open Economies: 21. How Does the Open Macroeconomy Work? -- 22. Internal and External Balance with Fixed Exchange Rates -- 23. Floating Exchange Rates and Internal Balance -- 24. National and Global Choices: Floating Rates and the Alternatives. -- Appendix: A. The Web and the Library: International Numbers and Other Information -- B. Deriving Production-Possibility Curves -- C. Offer Curves -- The Nationally Optimal Tariff -- E. Many Parities at Once -- F. Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply in the Open Economy -- G. Devaluation and the Current Account Balance -- Suggested Answers-Questions and Problems. References. Index.
Includes bibliographic references (p. 747-759) and index.
Keywords: International economic relations; Commercial policy; Foreign exchange