International Trade - Softcover

Feenstra, Robert C.; Taylor, Alan M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1429241047 ISBN 13: 9781429241045

Publisher: Worth Publishers, 2010

Synopsis

Developed in the classroom by two of the most prominent researchers in the field, Feenstra and Taylor’s International Economics is a modern textbook for a modern audience, connecting theory to empirical evidence and expanding beyond the traditional focus on advanced companies to cover emerging markets and developing economies. International Trade is a split volume from the text, covering:
· Offshoring of goods and services (Chapter 6)
· Tariffs and quotas under imperfect competition (Chapter 9)
· International agreements on trade, labor, and the environment (Chapter 11)
As well as core topics:
· The Ricardian model (Chapter 2)
· The specific-factors model (Chapter 3)
· The Heckscher-Ohlin model (Chapter 4)
· Trade with increasing returns to scale and imperfect competition (Chapter 6)
· Import tariffs and quotas under perfect competition (Chapter 8)
· Export subsidies (Chapter 10)

The new edition has been thoroughly updated throughout. In addition, it will be available in its own dedicated version of LaunchPad, Worth Publishers’ breakthrough new online course space.

About this title

About the Author:

ROBERT C FEENSTRA is a Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of California, Davis, USA. He also directs the International Trade and Investment program at the National Bureau of Economic Research in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He is a former editor of the Journal of International Economics and an associate editor of the American Economic Review). In September 2006 he received the Bernhard-Harms Prize from the Kiel Institute of World Economics in Germany. ALAN M TAYLOR is a Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of California, Davis, USA. He is also a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research in Cambridge, Massachusetts and a Research Fellow of the Centre for Economic Policy Research in London. He serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Economic Literature and the Journal of International Money and Finance.

About this edition

• Publisher: Worth Publishers
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1429241047
• ISBN 13: 9781429241045
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 396