The economics of free trade: volume II / edited by Gary Clyde Hufbauer and Kati Suominen

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Material type: Text

TextSeries: The international library of critical writings in economics ; No. 262Edward Elgar, 2012Description: ix, 820 pages: 26 cmContent type:

text

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unmediated

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volume

ISBN:

9781840645279

Subject(s):

Free trade -- Economic aspects

LOC classification:

HG3881.5 ECO

Contents:

V.1 Classical arguments. Mercantalism Specialization, comparative advantage and opportunity cost Free trade ideology Early skeptics Factor proportions and other models. Factor proportions Investment, technology and strategic trade Scale economies, agglomeration and fragmentation Services trade Trade frictions and transition pains. Transaction costs Exchange rates, domestic distortions and adjustment costs. V.2 Politics and institutions. Politics of protectionism Forces of liberalization GATT and the WTO Preferential trade agreements Free trade, faster growth? Trade advocates Modern skeptics

Summary: These two volumes survey the most important scholarly writings in economics and political science that explain the drivers and constraints to freer world trade. This authoritative collection, with contributions by leading academics, includes seminal studies that have changed the course of thinking about international trade over past centuries and considers both pro free trade and anti free trade arguments. Along with an original introduction, the editors have also selected a few non-academic pronouncements that have shaped popular views about free trade. This collection will be of immense value to anyone with an interest in the economics of free trade and will serve as an excellent reference source to students and academics

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V.1
Classical arguments. Mercantalism
Specialization, comparative advantage and opportunity cost
Free trade ideology
Early skeptics
Factor proportions and other models. Factor proportions
Investment, technology and strategic trade
Scale economies, agglomeration and fragmentation
Services trade
Trade frictions and transition pains. Transaction costs
Exchange rates, domestic distortions and adjustment costs. V.2
Politics and institutions. Politics of protectionism
Forces of liberalization
GATT and the WTO
Preferential trade agreements
Free trade, faster growth? Trade advocates
Modern skeptics

These two volumes survey the most important scholarly writings in economics and political science that explain the drivers and constraints to freer world trade. This authoritative collection, with contributions by leading academics, includes seminal studies that have changed the course of thinking about international trade over past centuries and considers both pro free trade and anti free trade arguments. Along with an original introduction, the editors have also selected a few non-academic pronouncements that have shaped popular views about free trade. This collection will be of immense value to anyone with an interest in the economics of free trade and will serve as an excellent reference source to students and academics

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