TY - BOOK AU - Sodersten, Bo AU - Reed, Geoffrey TI - International economics SN - 9780333763650 U1 - 337 PY - 2009/// CY - Houndmills PB - Macmillan KW - International economic relations KW - International trade KW - Economic policy N1 - Introduction: International Economics and Economic Theory -- 1. The Basic Geometry of Comparative Advantage and the Gains from Trade -- 2. The Classical Model and the Specific Factors Model -- 3. The Heckscher-Ohlin model -- 4. Technology-Difference Models -- 5. The Gains from Inter-Industry Trade, the Distribution of Income, and Adjustment -- 6. Empirical Testing of Inter-Industry Trade -- 7. Factor Accumulation and Technological Progress in Inter-Industry Trade -- 8. Intra-Industry Trade -- 9. Empirical Work in Intra-Industry Trade -- 10. The Partial Equilibrium Analysis of Trade Policy -- 11. The General Equilibrium Analysis of Trade Policy -- 12. Trade Policy and Distortions in Domestic Markets -- 13. Trade Policy and Imperfect Competition -- 14. Further Topics in Trade Theory and Policy -- 15. The Political Economy of Protection -- 16. The Theory of Customs Unions -- 17. The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade -- 18. Trade Policy and the Less-Developed Countries. 19. Import-Substitution versus Export-Promotion -- 20. Empirical Studies of Trade Policy -- 21. International Factor Movements -- 22. Direct Investments and the Multinational Enterprise -- 23. The Balance of Payments -- 24. The Market for Foreign Exchange -- 25. Foreign Trade and National Income -- 26. The Capital Account -- 27. The Determination of a Floating Exchange Rate -- 28. Macroeconomic Policy with Floating Exchange Rates -- 29. Macroeconomic Policy with Fixed and Pegged Exchange Rates -- 30. Two Debates: Exchange-Rate Systems and Policy Co-ordination -- 31. The International Monetary System ER -