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| 100 | 1 | _aPugel, Thomas A. | |
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_aInternational economics / _cThomas A. Pugel, Peter H. Lindert. |
| 250 | _a11th ed. | ||
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_aBoston : _bMcGraw-Hill, _cc2000. |
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_axxiii, 709 p. : _bill. (some col.) ; _c24 cm. |
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| 500 | _aLindert's name appeared first on earlier ed. | ||
| 505 | _aNternational economics is different. Part 1 The theory of international trade: the basic theory of international trade -- demand and supply; why everybody trades -- comparative advantage and factor proportions; who gains and who loses from trade? growth and trade; alternative theories of trade. Part 2 Trade policy: the basic analysis of a tariff; non-tariff barriers to imports; arguments for and against protection; pushing exports; trade blocs and trade blocks; trade and the environment; trade policies for developing and transition countries; the political economy of trade and agriculture. Part 3 Understanding foreign exchange: payments among nations; the foreign exchange market; forward exchange; what determines exchange rates in the long run? what determines exchange rates in the short run? government policies toward the foreign exchange market. Part 4 Macro policies for open economics: how does the open macroeconomy work? internal and external balance with fixed exchange rates; floating exchange rates and internal balance; national and global choices -floating rates and the alternatives. Part 5 factor movements: the international movement of labour; international lending and financial crises; direct foreign investment and the multinationals. Appendices: where the international numbers are; deriving production possibilities curves; offer curve; the nationally optimal tariff; the monopoly effect of a quota; many parities at once; devaluation and the trade balance. | ||
| 650 | 0 | _aInternational economic relations. | |
| 650 | 0 | _aCommercial policy. | |
| 650 | 0 | _aForeign exchange. | |
| 700 | 1 | _aLindert, Peter H. | |
| 942 | _cBK | ||