International Economics
An Introduction to Theory and Policy
Rajat Acharyya
Table of Contents
List of Tables
Figures, and Boxes
Preface
Introduction
PART I: BASIS AND GAINS FROM INTER-INDUSTRY TRADE
1. Basis of Inter-Industry Trade
2. Gains from Trade
3. Comparative Advantage and Gains from Trade
4. International Equilibrium and the Terms of Trade
PART II: THEORIES OF COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE AND PATTERNS OF TRADE
5. Technology and Trade
6. Factor Endowment and Trade
7. Digressions on Factor Endowment Theory and Trade Empirics
PART III: BASIS AND GAINS FROM INTRA-INDUSTRY TRADE
8. Theories of Intra-Industry Trade
PART IV: TRADE INTERVENTION AND COORDINATION
9. Import Tariff and Export Subsidies
10. Quantitative Restrictions, Non-tariff Barriers, and Equivalence
11. Market Imperfection and Trade Policy
12. Political Economy and Trade Policy
13. Market Failure, Distortions, and Trade Policy
14. Multilateralism and Regionalism
PART V: INPUT TRADE, SERVICES, AND GROWTH
15. Trade, Growth, and Inclusion
16. Factor Trade, Foreign Capital Flow and Migration
17. Services Trade
PART VI: STANDARDS, REGULATIONS, AND MULTILATERAL TRADE AGREEMENTS
18. Product Standards, Regulations, and Trade
19. World Trade Organization and Trade Agreements
PART VII: THEORY OF BALANCE OF PAYMENTS AND OPEN ECONOMY MACROECONOMICS
20. Balance of Payments and National Income Accounting
21. National Income and Current Account Balance: The Income Approach
22. International Currency Systems and Exchange Rate Regimes
23. BOP Adjustment Policies in a Pegged Exchange Rate Regime
24. Money, Price, and Exchange Rate
25. Currency Regimes Revisited
Glossary of International Agencies
Index
About the Author