International Economics / Edition 9

by Dennis R. Appleyard, Alfred J. Field

Overview

Appleyard and Field's International Economics provides a balanced treatment of international economics—international trade theory and policy and international monetary theory and policy. Comprehensive and clear, International Economics helps students move beyond recognition toward an understanding of current and future international events through real world examples featured throughout the text. New improvements covering the emerging issues in the global economy are designed to help readers both understand and appreciate the growing importance of the global economy in their lives.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781259290626
Publisher:	McGraw Hill LLC
Publication date:	08/01/2016
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	832
Product dimensions:	8.20(w) x 10.10(h) x 1.40(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

Table of Contents

CHAPTER 1
The World of International Economics,

PART 1 THE CLASSICAL THEORY OF TRADE

CHAPTER 2
Early Trade Theories: Mercantilism and the Transition to the Classical World of David Ricardo

CHAPTER 3
The Classical World of David Ricardo and Comparative Advantage

CHAPTER 4
Extensions and Tests of the Classical Model of Trade

PART 2 NEOCLASSICAL TRADE THEORY

CHAPTER 5
Introduction to Neoclassical Trade Theory: Tools to Be Employed,

CHAPTER 6
Gains from Trade in Neoclassical Theory

CHAPTER 7
Offer Curves and the Terms of Trade

CHAPTER 8
The Basis for Trade: Factor Endowments and the Heckscher-Ohlin Model

CHAPTER 9
Empirical Tests of the Factor Endowments Approach

PART 3 ADDITIONAL THEORIES AND EXTENSIONS

CHAPTER 10
Post–Heckscher-Ohlin Theories of Trade and Intra-Industry Trade

CHAPTER 11
Economic Growth and International Trade

CHAPTER 12
International Factor Movements

PART 4 TRADE POLICY

CHAPTER 13
The Instruments of Trade Policy

CHAPTER 14
The Impact of Trade Policies

CHAPTER 15
Arguments for Interventionist Trade Policies

CHAPTER 16
Political Economy and U.S. Trade Policy

CHAPTER 17
Economic Integration

CHAPTER 18
International Trade and the Developing Countries

PART 5 FUNDAMENTALS OF INTERNATIONAL MONETARY ECONOMICS

CHAPTER 19
The Balance-of-Payments Accounts

CHAPTER 20
The Foreign Exchange Market

CHAPTER 21
International Financial Markets and Instruments: An Introduction

CHAPTER 22
The Monetary and Portfolio Balance Approaches to External Balance

CHAPTER 23
Price Adjustments and Balance-of-Payments Disequilibrium

CHAPTER 24
National Income and the Current Account

PART 6 MACROECONOMIC POLICY IN THE OPEN ECONOMY

CHAPTER 25
Economic Policy in the Open Economy under Fixed Exchange Rates

CHAPTER 26
Economic Policy in the Open Economy under Flexible Exchange Rates

CHAPTER 27
Prices and Output in the Open Economy: Aggregate Supply and Demand

PART 7 ISSUES IN WORLD MONETARY ARRANGEMENTS

CHAPTER 28
Fixed or Flexible Exchange Rates?

CHAPTER 29
The International Monetary System: Past, Present, and Future