| Description |
xiv, 602 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. Introduction -- 2. International trade in the real world and the theoretical issues -- 3. Economic methodology -- 4. The classical view: specialisation and exchange, absolute and comparative advantage -- 5. Sources of international trade: an overall view -- 6. The Ricardian hypothesis -- 7. Empirical tests of the Ricardian hypothesis -- 8. The Heckscher-Ohlin hypothesis -- 9. The Heckscher-Ohlin model mathematically treated -- 10. Some extensions of the simple HOS model -- 11. Two comparative static theorems -- 12. The Ricardo-Viner model -- 13. Empirical tests of the HOS hypothesis: the factor content studies -- 14. Empirical tests of the HOS hypothesis: the cross-section studies -- 15. Empirical tests of the HOS hypothesis: the tests of assumptions -- 16. Two theorems in comparative statics: the Rybczynski theorum and the Findlay-Grubert theorum -- 17. International trade and economic growth -- 18. Trade and growth mathematically treated -- 19. A dynamic model of capital accumulation and international trade -- 20. The neofactor proportions theories -- 21. The neotechnology theory of international trade -- 22. Empirical tests of the neotechnology hypothesis -- 23. Views on synthesis of the neofactor proportions and neotechnology hypotheses -- 24. The Linder hypothesis -- 25. Intra-industry trade: imperfect competition, increasing returns to scale and product differentiation -- 26. Empirical studies in intra-industry trade -- 27. Endogenous growth and international trade -- 28. Gains from trade -- 29. Trade policy -- 30. Economic integration -- App. 1. Community indifference curves -- App. 2. On the relative price -- App. 3. Trade indifference curves -- App. 4. The offer curve -- App. 5. Derivation of demand functions from the Cobb-Douglas utility function -- App. 6. Factor endowments: physical and price definitions -- App. 7. Walras's Law -- App. 8. The Meade diagram -- App. 9. On local and global stability -- App. 10. The input-output model -- App. 11. The HOV model -- App. 12. An extension of the Rybczynski Theorem -- App. 13. Generalised Rybczynski Theorem -- App. 14. Generalised Findlay-Grubert Theorem -- App. 15. An analysis of trade and capital accumulation in the labour-abundant country -- App. 16. The impact of capital accumulation on the reciprocal demand function |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Subject |
International trade -- Econometric models.
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International trade -- Mathematical models.
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International trade.
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| ISBN |
0333725557 |
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0333725565 (paperback) |
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