International Economics » (8th Edition)

Steven Husted

Professor of Economics, University of Pittsburgh. Ph.D., Michigan State University. Past experience includes Senior Staff Economist: Council of Economic Advisers; Visiting Scholar: International Monetary Fund; and Visiting Professor: Department of Economics and Research School of the Social Sciences, Australian National University; and Departments of Economics, the University of Glasgow and the University of Strathclyde. Professor Husted’s research interests are in international trade policy and international finance, and he has published scholarly articles in Journal of Political Economy, Review of Economics and Statistics, and other major journals.

Michael Melvin

Head of Currency Research, Barclays Global Investers and Co-editor, Journal of International Money and Finance. Former Professor of Economics and Dean’s Council Distinguished Scholar, Arizona State University. Ph.D., UCLA. Past experience includes Visiting Scholar: Federal Reserve Board and International Monetary Fund; and Visiting Professor: Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University; Anderson Graduate School of Management, UCLA; Department of Economics, U.C. San Diego, and Pacific Asian Management Institute, University of Hawaii. Professor Melvin’s research interests are in international finance, and he has published scholarly articles in American Economic Review, Journal of Finance, and other major journals.

An accessible, comprehensive and relevant guide to studying international economics.

An Introduction to International Trade; Tools of Analysis for International Trade Models; The Classical Model of International Trade; The Heckscher-Ohlin Model; Tests of Trade Models: The Leontief Paradox and Its Aftermath; Tariffs; Nontariff Barriers and Arguments for Protection; Commercial Policy: History and Practice; Preferential Trade Arrangements; International Trade and Economic Growth; An Introduction to International Finance; The Balance of Payments; The Foreign-Exchange Market; Prices and Exchange Rates: Purchasing Power Parity; Exchange Rates, Interest Rates, and Interest Parity; Foreign-Exchange Risk, Forecasting, and International Investment; Basic Theories of the Balance of Payments; Exchange Rate Theories; Alternative International Monetary Standards; International Banking, Debt, and Risk; Open-Economy Macroeconomic Policy and Adjustment

For readers interested in understanding international economics.

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A new edition of a standard textbook intended for students at the undergraduate or higher level with minimal prior coursework in economics. Solidly covers current developments in international economics and minimizes mathematics. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)