Introduction to International Economics / Edition 3

by Dominick Salvatore

Overview

Introduction to International Economics by Dominick Salvatore offers a clear presentation of today's global economy while explaining the workings of the world economy, the major benefits it provides to both people and nations, and the most serious challenges it faces. The text is filled with more than 85 current and relevant case studies and business examples, represented in every chapter. By using real-world data, Salvatore makes international economics applicable to all.

Salvatore introduces the four principles of international economics that are essential to understanding, evaluating, and solving the important issues facing the United States and the world today. These principles- addressing topics from deep poverty in developing countries to the globalization of capital markets- are discussed in a simple but comprehensive way. The text also provides the most up-to-date and clear exposition of international economics principles.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780470934890
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	10/25/2011
Series:	CourseSmart Series
Edition description:	3rd ed.
Pages:	512
Product dimensions:	7.70(w) x 9.30(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Dominick Salvatore is the Distinguished Professor of Economics and the Director of the Ph.D. Program in Economics at Fordham University in New York City. He is the Honorary Professor at the Shanghai Finance University and Hunan University and was a Visiting Professor at various universities including University of Rome (2003-2010), American University in Cairo (2007), University of Pretoria (2009), Peking University (2009-2011), University of Trieste (1996-2002), and University of Vienna (1995-2003). Dr. Salvatore is a Fellow of the New York Academy of Sciences and past Chairman of its Economics Section. He is also the past president of the North American Economic and Finance Association (NAEFA) and the International Trade and Finance Association (ITFA). He is a Consultant to the United Nations, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the Economic Policy Institute, and several major international corporations and global banks. He is the co-editor of the Journal of Policy Modeling and the Open Economies Review, the Associate Editor of The American Economist and Frontiers in Finance and Economics, and the past Editor of the Handbook Series in Economics, Greenwood Press. He has given more than 500 lectures around the world, was awarded the Achievement Award by the City of University of New York in 1997, and was nominated for the 2010 National Medal of Science awarded by the President of the United States.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction to the Global Economy 1

PART ONE: INTERNATIONAL TRADE THEORY 29

2. Comparative Advantage 31

3. The Standard Trade Model 55

4. The Heckscher–Ohlin and Other Trade Theories 80

PART TWO: INTERNATIONAL TRADE POLICY 113

5. Trade Restrictions: Tariffs 115

6. Nontariff Trade Barriers and the Political Economy of Protectionism 137

PART THREE: INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND INVESTMENT RELATIONS 175

7. Economic Integration 177

8. Growth and Development with International Trade 200

9. International Resource Movements and Multinational Corporations 226

PART FOUR: THE BALANCE OF PAYMENTS, FOREIGN EXCHANGE MARKETS, AND EXCHANGE RATES 255

10. Balance of Payments 257

11. The Foreign Exchange Market and Exchange Rates 280

12. Exchange Rate Determination 308

PART FIVE: OPEN-ECONOMY MACROECONOMICS 331

13. Automatic Adjustments with Flexible and Fixed Exchange Rates 333

14. Adjustment Policies 362

PART SIX: THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY SYSTEM: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE 389

15. Flexible versus Fixed Exchange Rates, European Monetary Systems, and Macroeconomic

Policy Coordination 391

16. The International Monetary System: Past, Present, and Future 418