International Economics: Payments, Exchange Rates and Macro Policy
McGraw-Hill Inc.,US (Publisher)
3rd Edition
Published on 1. January 1998
Book
Paperback/Softback
688 pages
978-0-07-109322-4 (ISBN)
Description
Designed for undergraduate courses in international economics, this volume covers payments, exchange rates and macro policy. The book can be purchased as a combined text (ISBN 0-256-17163-7) which includes "International Economics: Trade Theory and Policy" by the same authors.
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Edition
3rd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
Weight
670 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-07-109322-4 (9780071093224)
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Previous edition
Dennis R. Appleyard | Alfred J. Field
International Economics: Payments, Exchange Rates and Macro Policy
Book
12/1995
McGraw-Hill Inc.,US
€24.79
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Author
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA
Content
The world of international economics - early trade theories; the classical world of David Ricardo and comparative advantage; extensions and tests of the classical mode of trade; introduction to neoclassical trade theory; gains from trade in neoclassical theory; offer curves and the terms of trade; the basis for trade; empirical tests of the Heckscher-Ohlin theorem; alternative theories of trade and intra-industry trade; economic growth and international trade; international factor movements; the instruments of trade policy; the impact of trade policy; traditional arguments for protectionism; "New Protectionist" approaches to trade policy intervention; review of recent US trade policy; economic integration; international trade and the developing countries; the balance of payments accounts; the foreign exchange market; the instruments of international finance; the monetary portfolio balance approaches to external balance; current account adjustments to balance of payments disequilibrium - price effects; current account adjustments to balance of payments disequilibrium - income effects; economic policy in the open economy - fixed exchange rates; economic policy in the open economy - flexible exchange rates; price and output in the open economy - aggregate supply and demand; fixed or flexible exchange rates; the international monetary system.