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Author:   Pamela J. Smith (University of Minnesota, USA)
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint:   Wiley-Blackwell
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 25.20cm
Weight:   0.726kg
ISBN:  

9780470671283

ISBN 10:   0470671289
Pages:   376
Publication Date:   25 October 2013
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments xi List of Tables xv List of Figures xvii Preface xxi Part One Trade Theory as Guidance to Trade Policy 1 1 Preliminaries: Trade Theory 3 1.1 What Are the Core Questions Asked by International Trade Economists? 3 1.2 How Can Trade Theory Provide Guidance to Trade Policy? 4 1.3 How Has International Trade Evolved over Time in Practice? 5 1.4 How Has Trade Theory Evolved over Time? 6 1.5 How Is the Book Organized? 9 Further Reading 11 2 Inter-industry Trade 13 2.1 What Are the Effects of Trade in the Long Run, When Countries Differ in Technologies? 14 2.2 What Are the Effects of Trade in the Long Run, When Countries Differ in Endowments? 24 2.3 What Are the Effects of Trade in the Short Run, When Countries Differ in Immobile Endowments? 39 2.4 Summary Remarks 51 Applied Problems 54 Further Reading 55 3 Intra-Industry and Intra-Firm Trade 57 3.1 What Is Intra-Industry Trade and Its Effects? 58 3.2 What Is Intra-Firm Trade and Its Effects? 65 3.3 Summary Remarks 71 Applied Problems 74 Further Reading 76 Notes 78 Part Two Trade Policies and Their Effects 81 4 Preliminaries: Trade Policy and Welfare Considerations 83 4.1 What Are Traditional Trade Policies? 83 4.2 What Approaches Are Used to Examine Trade Policy? 84 4.3 What Are the Welfare Effects of Liberalizing Trade Policy? 85 4.4 How Is Part Two Organized? 88 Further Reading 89 Note 90 5 Tariffs 91 5.1 What Are Tariffs, Their Types and Purpose? 91 5.2 What Are the Effects of Tariffs? 92 5.3 What Are the Effects of Tariff Liberalization? 107 5.4 How Protective Are Tariffs of the Domestic Industry? 109 5.5 Summary Remarks 111 Applied Problems 115 Further Reading 116 Notes 117 6 Export Subsidies 119 6.1 What Are Export Subsidies, Their Types and Purpose? 119 6.2 What Are the Effects of Export Subsidies? 120 6.3 What Are the Effects of Liberalizing Export Subsidies? 137 6.4 Summary Remarks 138 Applied Problems 142 Further Reading 143 Note 143 7 Quantitative Restrictions 145 7.1 What Are Quantitative Restrictions, Their Types and Purpose? 145 7.2 What Are the Effects of Quantitative Restrictions? 147 7.3 Summary Remarks 157 Applied Problems 160 Further Reading 160 8 Policy Comparisons 163 8.1 What Are Policy Equivalents, and Their Purpose? 163 8.2 What Are the Relative Effects of Policy Equivalents? 164 8.3 What Are the Relative Effects of Liberalizing Policies? 172 8.4 What Are the Effects of Substituting Policies? 174 8.5 Summary Remarks 176 Applied Problems 180 Further Reading 182 Note 182 Part Three Trade-Related Policies 183 9 Preliminaries: Trade-Related Policies and Trade in Services 185 9.1 What Are Trade-Related Policies? 185 9.2 How Have Trade-Related Policies Evolved over Time in Practice? 186 9.3 How Have Trade Policies Toward Services Evolved over Time in Practice? 188 9.4 How Is Part Three Organized? 190 Further Reading 191 Notes 192 10 Intellectual Property Rights 193 10.1 What Are Intellectual Property Rights, Their Types, and Purpose? 193 10.2 What Are the Effects of Intellectual Property Rights? 196 10.3 How Have Intellectual Property Rights Evolved over Time in Practice? 202 10.4 What Are the Intellectual Property Rights Issues on the Policy Frontier? 206 10.5 Summary Remarks 208 Applied Problems 211 Further Reading 212 Notes 214 11 Environmental Policies 215 11.1 What Are Trade-Related Environmental Policies, Their Types and Purpose? 215 11.2 What Are the Effects of Trade Policy on the Environment? 216 11.3 What Are the Effects of Environmental Policy on Trade? 219 11.4 What Are the Implications of Using Trade Policy to Address Environmental Externalities? 221 11.5 Summary Remarks 232 Applied Problems 235 Further Reading 237 Notes 238 12 Labor Policies 239 12.1 What Are Trade-Related Labor Policies, Their Types, and Purpose? 239 12.2 What Are the Effects of Trade Policy on Labor? 241 12.3 How Can the Gains and Losses from Trade Be Redistributed within Countries? 264 12.4 What Are the Effects of Labor Policy on Trade? 265 12.5 Summary Remarks 267 Applied Problems 270 Further Reading 271 Notes 272 13 Growth and Development Policies 273 13.1 What Are Trade-Related Development and Growth Policies, Their Types, and Purpose? 273 13.2 What Are the Effects of Trade on Development and Growth? 275 13.3 What Are the Effects of Growth on Development (or Welfare) in the Presence of Trade? 287 13.4 Summary Remarks 295 Applied Problems 298 Further Reading 299 Notes 301 Part Four Trade Arrangements 303 14 Regional and Multilateral Arrangements 305 14.1 What Are the Institutional Arrangements for Trade Policy? 306 14.2 What Are the Effects of Alterative Arrangements for Trade Policy? 310 14.3 Are Regional Arrangements Stepping Stones or Stumbling Blocks to Multilateral Liberalization? 321 14.4 Summary Remarks 323 Applied Problems 327 Further Reading 329 Notes 331 References 333 Index 339

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Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduate and graduate students. (Choice, 1 May 2014)

Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-divisionundergraduate and graduate students. (Choice, 1 May2014)

Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduate and graduate students. ( Choice , 1 May 2014)

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Pamela J. Smith is Associate Professor of applied economics at the University of Minnesota and teaches international trade and policy at the graduate and undergraduate levels

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