International economics / Dennis R. Appleyard, Alfred J. Field, Jr.

CW908, CW918, CW928, CW958

Includes bibliographical references and index.

[Part 1: The classical theory of trade] The World of International Economics -- Early Trade Theories: Mercantilism and the Transition to the Classical World of David Ricardo -- The Classical World of David Ricardo and Comparative Advantage -- Extensions and Tests of the Classical Model of Trade.

[Part 2: Neoclassical trade theory] Introduction to Neoclassical Trade Theory: Tools to Be Employed -- Gains from Trade in Neoclassical Theory -- Offer Curves and the Terms of Trade -- The Basis for Trade: Factor Endowments and the Heckscher-Ohlin Model -- Empirical Tests of the Factor Endowments Approach.

[Part 3: Additional theories and extensions] Post Heckscher-Ohlin Theories of Trade and Intra-Industry Trade -- Economic Growth and International Trade -- International Factor Movements.

[Part 4: Trade policy] tThe Instruments of Trade Policy -- The Impact of Trade Policies -- Arguments for Interventionist Trade Policies -- Political Economy and U.S -- Trade Policy -- Economic Integration -- International Trade and the Developing Countries.

[Part 5: Fundamentals of international monetary economics] The Balance-of-Payments Accounts -- The Foreign Exchange Market -- International Financial Markets and Instruments: An Introduction -- The Monetary and Portfolio Balance Approaches to External Balance -- Price Adjustments and Balance-of-Payments Disequilibrium -- National Income and the Current Account.

[Part 6: Macroeconomic policy in the open economy] Economic Policy in the Open Economy Under Fixed Exchange Rates -- Economic Policy in the Open Economy Under Flexible Exchange Rates -- Prices and Output in the Open Economy: Aggregate Supply and Demand.

[Part 7: Issues in world monetary arrangements] Fixed or Flexible Exchange Rates? -- The International Monetary System: Past, Present, and Future.

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