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Essentials of International Economics

Autor Robert C. Feenstra, Alan M. Taylor
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 8 iun 2014
Developed in the classroom by two of the most prominent researchers in the field, Feenstra and Taylor s "International Economics" is a modern textbook for a modern audience, connecting theory to empirical evidence and expanding beyond the traditional focus on advanced companies to cover emerging markets and developing economies. "Essentials of International Economics," Third Edition is the brief version of that textbook designed for a one-semester course covering both international trade and international macroeconomics.The new edition has been thoroughly updated, including the latest on the Eurozone crisis."
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781429278515
ISBN-10: 142927851X
Pagini: 856
Dimensiuni: 200 x 253 x 25 mm
Greutate: 1.09 kg
Ediția:Revizuită
Editura: Worth Publishers
Colecția Worth Publishers
Locul publicării:New York, United States

Cuprins

PART I: INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS
1. The Global Economy
PART II: PATTERNS OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE
2. Trade and Technology: The Ricardian Model
3. Gains and Losses from Trade in the Specific-factors Model
4. Trade and Resources: The Heckscher-Ohlin Model
5. Movement of Labor and Capital Between Countries
PART III: EXPLANATIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL TRADE
6. Increasing Returns to Scale and Monopolistic Competition
PART IV: INTERNATIONAL TRADE POLICIES
7. Import Tariffs and Quotas under Perfect Competition
8. Import Tariffs and Quotas under Imperfect Competition
9. International Agreements: Trade, Labor and the Environment
PART V: EXCHANGE RATES
10. Introduction to Exchange Rates and the Foreign Exchange Market
11. Exchange Rates I: The Monetary Approach in the Long Run
12. Exchange Rates II: The Asset Approach in the Short Run
PART VI: THE BALANCE OF PAYMENTS
13. National and International Accounts: Income, Wealth, and the Balance of Payments
14. Output, Exchange Rates, and Macroeconomic Policies in the Short Run
PART VII: APPLICATIONS AND POLICY ISSUES
15. Fixed versus Floating: International Monetary Experience

Notă biografică

Robert C. Feenstra is Professor of Economics at the University of California, Davis, USA. He received his B.A. in 1977 from the University of British Columbia, Canada, and his Ph.D. in economics from MIT in 1981. Feenstra has been teaching international trade at the undergraduate and graduate levels at UC Davis since 1986, where he holds the C. Bryan Cameron Distinguished Chair in International Economics. Feenstra is a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research, where he directs the International Trade and Investment research program. He is the author of Offshoring in the Global Economy and Product Variety and the Gains from Trade (MIT Press, 2010). Feenstra received the Bernhard Harms Prize from the Institute for World Economics, Kiel, Germany, in 2006, and delivered the Ohlin Lectures at the Stockholm School of Economics in 2008. He lives in Davis, California, with his wife Gail, and has two grown children: Heather, who is a genetic counselor; and Evan, who recently graduated from Pitzer College.
 
Alan M. Taylor is Professor of Economics at the University of California, Davis. He received his B.A. in 1987 from King's College, Cambridge, UK and earned his Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University in 1992. Taylor has been teaching international macroeconomics, growth, and economic history at UC Davis since 1999, where he directs the Center for the Evolution of the Global Economy. He is also a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research and co-author (with Maurice Obstfeld) of Capital Markets: Integration, Crisis and Growth (Cambridge University Press, 2004). Taylor was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2004 and was a visiting professor at the American University in Paris and London Business School in 2005–06. He lives in Davis, with his wife Claire, and has two young children, Olivia and Sebastian.

Caracteristici

Version of Feenstra/Taylor's International Economics suitable for the one-semester module
Features empirical evidence integrated throughout helps students connect theory to real world policy and events.

Incorporates coverage of emerging markets and developing economies (India, China, SE Asia) to reflect the evolving realities of the global economy


Descriere

Combining classic international economics with straight-from-the-headlines immediacy, this essentials version of Feenstra and Taylor's text (suitable for one-term modules) seamlessly integrates the subject's established core content with topic areas and ideas that have emerged from recent empirical studies.