Introduction -- Trade in an unequal world -- Why the poor stay poor -- Convergence in theory and practice -- Competitive trade theory -- High-dimension models -- Participation and comparative advantage -- Institutions, failing states, and corruption -- The real exchange rate -- Mobile factors and urbanization -- International trade rules, politics, and the environment -- Trade, and growth, and catching-up -- Two models of growth and the resource curse -- Unequal trade and trade between the unequal -- Conclusions and unresolved issues
Summary
This advanced text successfully links the two fields of trade theory and economic development. It combines mathematical rigour with an exceptional breadth of approaches, including institutions, history and comparative economics. Uniquely, the book focuses not only on countries participating in globalized trade but also those failing to participate. - ;Combining the fields of international trade theory, economic development, and economic growth, this text provides an advanced exposition suitable for graduate students as well as researchers at all levels. It combines mathematical rigour with an
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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