Trade, policy, and international adjustments
Trade, Policy, and International Adjustments covers the theoretical issues, macroeconomics, and mathematical methods in the field of international economics. The book summarizes and illustrates the various contributions to the field of international economics. The text presents studies on the issues...
| Other Authors: | Takayama, Akira, 1932-, Ōyama, Michihiro, 1938-, Ohta, Hiroshi, 1949-, ScienceDirect (Online service) |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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San Diego :
Academic Press,
[1991]
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| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (xx, 301 pages) : illustrations. |
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Economic theory, econometrics, and mathematical economics.
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| Summary: |
Trade, Policy, and International Adjustments covers the theoretical issues, macroeconomics, and mathematical methods in the field of international economics. The book summarizes and illustrates the various contributions to the field of international economics. The text presents studies on the issues in international trade and commercial policies; voluntary export restrictions; application of a geometric technique to a multidimensional problem concerning the Stolper-Samuelson theorem; the symmetry theorem between tariffs and quotas in the context of a monetary economy under flexible exchange ra. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. Front Cover; Trade, Policy, and International Adjustments; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Contributors; Preface; Outline; Part I: Recent Issues in International Trade and Commercial Policies; Chapter 1. Voluntary Export Restraints; 1. THE MODEL; 2. THE IMPOSITION OF A VER; 3. THE VER SYSTEM; 4. CONCLUDING REMARKS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 2. ""Trade"" or ""Aid""?; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. THE MODEL; 3. LOCAL ANALYSIS; 4. GLOBAL ANALYSIS; 5. A FINAL REMARK; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 3. Strategic Tariff Policy in a Model of Trade in Intermediate and Final Products. 1. INTRODUCTION2. THE MODEL; 3. TRADE IN THE INTERMEDIATE INPUT; 4. THE OPTIMAL TARIFF POLICY; 5. CONCLUDING REMARKS; APPENDIX; ACKNOWLEDGMENT; REFERENCES; Chapter 4. Predatory Dumping as Signal Jamming; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. THE MODEL; 3. SECOND-PERIOD COMPETITION; 4. FIRST-PERIOD COMPETITION; 5. SUMMARY AND QUALIFICATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENT; REFERENCES; Chapter 5. Multinational Corporations and Absolute Advantage: The Symmetric Case; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. BASIC STRUCTURE OF THE MODEL; 3. LABOR ENDOWMENTS; 4. THE WORLD TRANSFORMATION CURVE; 5. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES. Part II: The Pure Theory of International TradeChapter 6. The Stolper -- Samuelson Theorem, the Leamer Triangle, and the Produced Mobile Factor Structure; 1. THE LEAMER TRIANGLE; 2. THE PRODUCED MOBILE FACTOR STRUCTURE; 3. CONCLUDING REMARKS; REFERENCES; Chapter 7. Variable Returns to Scale, Paradoxes, and Global Correspondences in the Theory of International Trade; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. MODEL; 3. COMPARATIVE STATICS; 4. MARSHALLIAN STABILITY AND COMPARATIVE STATICS; 5. SHORT-RUN EQUILIBRIUM, LONG-RUN EQUILIBRIUM, AND MARSHALLIAN STABILITY; 6. THE MAYER-CHANG PROCESS. 7. PRODUCTION POSSIBILITY FRONTIER (PPF) AND THE SUPPLY PRICE CURVE8. THE PATTERN OF SPECIALIZATION; 9. GLOBAL CORRESPONDENCE PRINCIPLE; 10. CONCLUDING REMARKS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 8. International Factor Mobility and Immiserizing Growth under Variable Returns to Scale; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. THE MODEL AND ASSUMPTIONS; 3. STABILITY AND PRICE-OUTPUT RESPONSE; 4. SPECIFIC FACTOR AND WELFARE; 5. COMMON FACTOR AND WELFARE; 6. CONCLUDING REMARKS; APPENDIX; REFERENCES; Chapter 9. Choice between Free Trade and Controlled Trade under Economies of Scale; 1. INTRODUCTION. 2. THE MODEL OF CLOSED ECONOMIES3. FREE TRADE; 4. CONTROLLED TRADE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Part III: Macroeconomic Issues; Chapter 10. Exchange Rates, the Terms of Trade, and the Current Account; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. A MONETARY MODEL OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE; 3. THE FOREIGN EXCHANGE MARKET AND ITS DISTURBANCES; 4. STABILITY OF THE SHORT-RUN EQUILIBRIUM; 6. EXCHANGE RATES AND THE CURRENT ACCOUNT; 7. CONCLUDING REMARKS; APPENDIX; REFERENCES; Chapter 11. The Equivalence of Tariffs and Quotas under Flexible Exchange Rates in a Monetary Model; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. THE MODEL. Trade, Policy, and International Adjustments covers the theoretical issues, macroeconomics, and mathematical methods in the field of international economics. The book summarizes and illustrates the various contributions to the field of international economics. The text presents studies on the issues in international trade and commercial policies; voluntary export restrictions; application of a geometric technique to a multidimensional problem concerning the Stolper-Samuelson theorem; the symmetry theorem between tariffs and quotas in the context of a monetary economy under flexible exchange ra. English. |
| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (xx, 301 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781483260228 1483260224 9783034608923 3034608926 9780126822304 0126822301 |