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International Economics: Theory and Policy » (8th Edition)

Book cover image of International Economics: Theory and Policy by Paul Krugman

Authors: Paul Krugman, Maurice Obstfeld
ISBN-13: 9780321493040, ISBN-10: 0321493044
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Addison Wesley
Date Published: February 2008
Edition: 8th Edition

Author Biography: Paul Krugman

Book Synopsis

	Contents
	Preface
1	Introduction	1
2	Labor Productivity and Comparative Advantage: The Ricardian Model	13
3	Specific Factors and Income Distribution	39
4	Resources and Trade: The Heckscher-Ohlin Model	67
5	The Standard Trade Model	93
6	Economies of Scale, Imperfect Competition, and International Trade	121
7	International Factor Movements	159
8	The Instruments of Trade Policy	187
9	The Political Economy of Trade Policy	219
10	Trade Policy in Developing Countries	253
11	Industrial Policy in Advanced Countries	275
12	National Income Accounting and the Balance of Payments	301
13	Exchange Rates and the Foreign Exchange Market: An Asset Approach	331
14	Money, Interest Rates, and Exchange Rates	367
15	Price Levels and the Exchange Rate in the Long Run	399
16	Output and the Exchange Rate in the Short Run	439
17	Fixed Exchange Rates and Foreign Exchange Intervention	487
18	The International Monetary System, 1870-1973	535
19	Macroeconomic Policy and Coordination Under Floating Exchange Rates	571
20	Optimum Currency Areas and the European Experience	613
21	The Global Capital Market: Performance and Policy Problems	649
22	Developing Countries: Debt, Stabilization, and Reform	683
23	International Economic Problems of Former Communist Countries	719
	Mathematical Postscripts	739
	Postscript to Chapter 3: The Specific Factors Model	741
	Postscript to Chapter 4: The Factor Proportions Model	746
	Postscript to Chapter 5: The Trading World Economy	749
	Postscript to Chapter 6: The Monopolistic Competition Model	757
	Postscript to Chapter 21: Risk Aversion and International Portfolio Diversification	759
	Index	I-1