International Economics

PART 1 INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL TRADE


1. Trade in the Global Economy


PART 2 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 3 NEW EXPLANATIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL TRADE


6. Increasing Returns to Scale and Monopolistic Competition


7. Offshoring of Goods and Services


PART 4 INTERNATIONAL TRADE POLICIES


8. Import Tariffs and Quotas Under Perfect Competition


9. Import Tariffs and Quotas Under Imperfect Competition


10. Export Policies in Resource-Based and High-Technology Industries


11. International Agreements on Trade and the Environment


PART 5 INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL MACROECONOMICS


12. The Global Macroeconomy


PART 6 EXCHANGE RATES


13. Introduction to Exchange Rates and the Foreign Exchange Market


14. Exchange Rates I: The Monetary Approach in the Long Run


15. Exchange Rates II: The Asset Approach in the Short Run


PART 7 THE BALANCE OF PAYMENTS


16. National and International Accounts: Income, Wealth, and the Balance of Payments


17. Balance of Payments I: The Gains from Financial Globalization


18. Balance of Payments II: Output, Exchange Rates, and Macroeconomic Policies in the Short Run


PART 8 APPLICATIONS AND POLICY ISSUES


19. Fixed Versus Floating: International Monetary Experience


20. Exchange Rate Crises: How Pegs Work and How They Break


21. The Euro: Economics and Politics


22. (online only) Topics in International Macroeconomics

Robert Feenstra; Alan Taylor