Offers a clear, straightforward account of the main topics in international economics. Beginning with international trade, there is more emphasis on non-tariff barriers plus some of the current arguments for protection such as the industrial strategy approach. Chapters on trade policy include a discussion of the intellectual property, the recent collapse of the Uruguay round, international factor mobility and capital movements including coverage of MNCs. Extensive changes have been made in the finance section. Discusses topics on the balance of payments accounting and exchange markets, changes in otherwise fixed parities, flexible exchange rates, the standard IS/LM/BB graph, the European monetary system and much more.
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From the Publisher:
This updated, student-friendly revision covers all the recent controversies over international economic policy. Uses actual examples, graphs and articles to illustrate concepts and theory. Differences in legal systems, international licensing of technology, imperfect competition and scale economies, cartels, export tariffs, NAFTA, the rapid growth of Asian-based MNCs, forward rate determination, Mexico's peso crisis, reverberations and the foreign trade multiplier are among the topics covered.
About the Author:
Robert Dunn is Professor of Economics at the George Washington University. He was previously on the faculty of Dartmouth College, and an economist with the Federal Reserve System. He edited the 4th edition of this book for Wiley along with James Ingram. John H. Mutti is the Sidney Meyer Professor of International Economics at Grinnell College. He has served as the senior staff economist responsible for international trade on the President's Council of Economic Advisers and as an international economist for the US Treasury Department.
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- PublisherWiley
- Publication date1992
- ISBN 10 0471610313
- ISBN 13 9780471610311
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number3
- Number of pages576
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