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For courses in International Economics, International Finance, and International Trade. A balanced approach to theory and policy applications. International Economics: Theory and Policy provides engaging, balanced coverage of the key concepts and practical applications of the two main topic areas of the discipline. For both international trade and international finance, an intuitive introduction to theory is followed by detailed coverage of policy applications. With this new tenth edition, the author team of Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman, renowned researcher Maurice Obstfeld, and Marc Melitz of Harvard University continues to set the standard for International Economics courses. This program provides a better teaching and learning experience–for you and your students. It will help you to: • Personalize learning with MyEconLab: This online homework, tutorial, and assessment program fosters learning and provides tools that help instructors to keep students on track. • Reveal theory and applications of trade and finance via a unified structure: Balanced coverage of theory and applications aids student retention and highlights the relevance of course material. • Give students learning tools to master course material: Numerous in-text learning resources engage students and encourage further exploration of course topics. • Provide the most updated coverage: Thoroughly updated content ensures that students are up to date on key economics issues. Cover......Page 1 Title Page......Page 8 Copyright Page......Page 9 Acknowledgments......Page 33 Contents......Page 12 Preface......Page 26 1 INTRODUCTION......Page 36 What Is International Economics About?......Page 38 The Gains from Trade......Page 39 How Much Trade?......Page 40 Exchange Rate Determination......Page 41 International Policy Coordination......Page 42 International Economics: Trade and Money......Page 43 Who Trades with Whom?......Page 45 The Changing Pattern of World Trade......Page 51 Do Old Rules Still Apply?......Page 56 Summary......Page 57 3 LABOR PRODUCTIVITY AND COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE: THE RICARDIAN MODEL......Page 59 The Concept of Comparative Advantage......Page 60 A One-Factor Economy......Page 61 Trade in a One-Factor World......Page 64 Box: Comparative Advantage in Practice: The Case of Babe Ruth......Page 68 Box: The Losses from Nontrade......Page 71 Misconceptions about Comparative Advantage......Page 72 Box: Do Wages Reflect Productivity?......Page 73 Comparative Advantage with Many Goods......Page 75 Adding Transport Costs and Nontraded Goods......Page 79 Empirical Evidence on the Ricardian Model......Page 80 Summary......Page 83 4 SPECIFIC FACTORS AND INCOME DISTRIBUTION......Page 86 The Specific Factors Model......Page 87 Box: What Is a Specific Factor?......Page 88 International Trade in the Specific Factors Model......Page 98 Income Distribution and the Gains from Trade......Page 99 The Political Economy of Trade: A Preliminary View......Page 102 CASE STUDY: Trade and Unemployment......Page 103 International Labor Mobility......Page 105 CASE STUDY: Wage Convergence in the Age of Mass Migration......Page 107 CASE STUDY: Immigration and the U.S. Economy......Page 108 Summary......Page 111 Appendix: Further Details on Specific Factors......Page 115 5 RESOURCES AND TRADE: THE HECKSCHER-OHLIN MODEL......Page 119 Model of a Two-Factor Economy......Page 120 Effects of International Trade between Two-Factor Economies......Page 129 CASE STUDY: North-South Trade and Income Inequality......Page 132 CASE STUDY: Skill-Biased Technological Change and Income Inequality......Page 134 Empirical Evidence on the Heckscher-Ohlin Model......Page 138 Summary......Page 145 Appendix: Factor Prices, Goods Prices, and Production Decisions......Page 149 6 THE STANDARD TRADE MODEL......Page 153 A Standard Model of a Trading Economy......Page 154 CASE STUDY: Has the Growth of Newly Industrializing Countries Hurt Advanced Nations?......Page 164 Tariffs and Export Subsidies: Simultaneous Shifts in RS and RD......Page 167 International Borrowing and Lending......Page 170 Summary......Page 173 Appendix: More on Intertemporal Trade......Page 177 7 EXTERNAL ECONOMIES OF SCALE AND THE INTERNATIONAL LOCATION OF PRODUCTION......Page 180 Economies of Scale and International Trade: An Overview......Page 181 Economies of Scale and Market Structure......Page 182 Specialized Suppliers......Page 183 Labor Market Pooling......Page 184 Knowledge Spillovers......Page 185 External Economies and International Trade......Page 187 BOX: Holding the World Together......Page 190 Interregional Trade and Economic Geography......Page 193 BOX: Tinseltown Economics......Page 195 Summary......Page 196 8 FIRMS IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY: EXPORT DECISIONS, OUTSOURCING, AND MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISES......Page 199 The Theory of Imperfect Competition......Page 200 Monopolistic Competition and Trade......Page 208 CASE STUDY: Intra-Industry Trade in Action: The North American Auto Pact of 1964 and the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)......Page 215 Firm Responses to Trade: Winners, Losers, and Industry Performance......Page 216 Trade Costs and Export Decisions......Page 220 Dumping......Page 223 CASE STUDY: Antidumping as Protectionism......Page 224 CASE STUDY: Patterns of Foreign Direct Investment Flows Around the World......Page 225 The Firm's Decision Regarding Foreign Direct Investment......Page 229 CASE STUDY: Shipping Jobs Overseas? Offshoring and Unemployment in the United States......Page 232 Summary......Page 235 Appendix: Determining Marginal Revenue......Page 240 Basic Tariff Analysis......Page 241 Costs and Benefits of a Tariff......Page 247 BOX: Tariffs for the Long Haul......Page 251 Other Instruments of Trade Policy......Page 252 CASE STUDY: Europe's Common Agricultural Policy......Page 253 CASE STUDY: An Import Quota in Practice: U.S. Sugar......Page 256 CASE STUDY: A Voluntary Export Restraint in Practice......Page 259 Local Content Requirements......Page 260 BOX: Bridging the Gap......Page 261 The Effects of Trade Policy: A Summary......Page 262 Summary......Page 263 Appendix: Tariffs and Import Quotas in the Presence of Monopoly......Page 267 10 THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF TRADE POLICY......Page 271 The Case for Free Trade......Page 272 CASE STUDY: The Gains from 1992......Page 275 National Welfare Arguments against Free Trade......Page 277 Income Distribution and Trade Policy......Page 281 BOX: Politicians for Sale: Evidence from the 1990s......Page 284 International Negotiations and Trade Policy......Page 287 BOX: Settling a Dispute—and Creating One......Page 294 CASE STUDY: Testing the WTO's Metal......Page 295 The Doha Disappointment......Page 296 BOX: Do Agricultural Subsidies Hurt the Third World?......Page 297 BOX: Free Trade Area versus Customs Union......Page 300 BOX: Do Trade Preferences Have Appeal?......Page 301 CASE STUDY: Trade Diversion in South America......Page 302 Summary......Page 303 Appendix: Proving that the Optimum Tariff Is Positive......Page 307 11 TRADE POLICY IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES......Page 310 Import-Substituting Industrialization......Page 311 CASE STUDY: Mexico Abandons Import-Substituting Industrialization......Page 315 Results of Favoring Manufacturing: Problems of Import-Substituting Industrialization......Page 316 Trade Liberalization since 1985......Page 317 Trade and Growth: Takeoff in Asia......Page 319 Summary......Page 322 12 CONTROVERSIES IN TRADE POLICY......Page 325 Sophisticated Arguments for Activist Trade Policy......Page 326 BOX: A Warning from Intel's Founder......Page 331 CASE STUDY: When the Chips Were Up......Page 332 Globalization and Low-Wage Labor......Page 334 CASE STUDY: A Tragedy in Bangladesh......Page 339 Globalization and the Environment......Page 340 Summary......Page 345 13 NATIONAL INCOME ACCOUNTING AND THE BALANCE OF PAYMENTS......Page 348 The National Income Accounts......Page 350 National Income Accounting for an Open Economy......Page 353 BOX: The Mystery of the Missing Deficit......Page 360 The Balance of Payments Accounts......Page 361 CASE STUDY: The Assets and Liabilities of the World's Biggest Debtor......Page 369 Summary......Page 372 14 EXCHANGE RATES AND THE FOREIGN EXCHANGE MARKET: AN ASSET APPROACH......Page 377 Exchange Rates and International Transactions......Page 378 The Foreign Exchange Market......Page 381 BOX: Exchange Rates, Auto Prices, and Currency Wars......Page 382 The Demand for Foreign Currency Assets......Page 387 BOX: Nondeliverable Forward Exchange Trading in Asia......Page 388 Equilibrium in the Foreign Exchange Market......Page 396 Interest Rates, Expectations, and Equilibrium......Page 401 CASE STUDY: What Explains the Carry Trade?......Page 403 Summary......Page 405 Appendix: Forward Exchange Rates and Covered Interest Parity......Page 411 15 MONEY, INTEREST RATES, AND EXCHANGE RATES......Page 414 Money Defined: A Brief Review......Page 415 The Demand for Money by Individuals......Page 417 Aggregate Money Demand......Page 418 The Equilibrium Interest Rate: The Interaction of Money Supply and Demand......Page 420 The Money Supply and the Exchange Rate in the Short Run......Page 424 Money, the Price Level, and the Exchange Rate in the Long Run......Page 429 Inflation and Exchange Rate Dynamics......Page 433 BOX: Money Supply Growth and Hyperinflation in Zimbabwe......Page 435 CASE STUDY: Can Higher Inflation Lead to Currency Appreciation? The Implications of Inflation Targeting......Page 440 Summary......Page 443 16 PRICE LEVELS AND THE EXCHANGE RATE IN THE LONG RUN......Page 448 The Law of One Price......Page 449 Purchasing Power Parity......Page 450 A Long-Run Exchange Rate Model Based on PPP......Page 452 Empirical Evidence on PPP and the Law of One Price......Page 458 Explaining the Problems with PPP......Page 460 BOX: Some Meaty Evidence on the Law of One Price......Page 462 CASE STUDY: Why Price Levels Are Lower in Poorer Countries......Page 466 Beyond Purchasing Power Parity: A General Model of Long-Run Exchange Rates......Page 467 BOX: Sticky Prices and the Law of One Price: Evidence from Scandinavian Duty-Free Shops......Page 470 International Interest Rate Differences and the Real Exchange Rate......Page 475 Real Interest Parity......Page 476 Summary......Page 478 Appendix: The Fisher Effect, the Interest Rate, and the Exchange Rate under the Flexible-Price Monetary Approach......Page 483 17 OUTPUT AND THE EXCHANGE RATE IN THE SHORT RUN......Page 486 Determinants of Aggregate Demand in an Open Economy......Page 487 The Equation of Aggregate Demand......Page 490 How Output Is Determined in the Short Run......Page 492 Output Market Equilibrium in the Short Run: The DD Schedule......Page 493 Asset Market Equilibrium in the Short Run: The AA Schedule......Page 497 Short-Run Equilibrium for an Open Economy: Putting the DD and AA Schedules Together......Page 501 Temporary Changes in Monetary and Fiscal Policy......Page 503 Inflation Bias and Other Problems of Policy Formulation......Page 506 Permanent Shifts in Monetary and Fiscal Policy......Page 507 Macroeconomic Policies and the Current Account......Page 512 Gradual Trade Flow Adjustment and Current Account Dynamics......Page 513 The Liquidity Trap......Page 516 CASE STUDY: How Big Is the Government Spending Multiplier?......Page 519 Summary......Page 520 Appendix 1: Intertemporal Trade and Consumption Demand......Page 525 Appendix 2: The Marshall-Lerner Condition and Empirical Estimates of Trade Elasticities......Page 527 18 FIXED EXCHANGE RATES AND FOREIGN EXCHANGE INTERVENTION......Page 530 Why Study Fixed Exchange Rates?......Page 531 Central Bank Intervention and the Money Supply......Page 532 How the Central Bank Fixes the Exchange Rate......Page 536 Stabilization Policies with a Fixed Exchange Rate......Page 539 Balance of Payments Crises and Capital Flight......Page 544 Managed Floating and Sterilized Intervention......Page 547 CASE STUDY: Can Markets Attack a Strong Currency? The Case of Switzerland......Page 548 Reserve Currencies in the World Monetary System......Page 553 The Gold Standard......Page 555 CASE STUDY: The Demand for International Reserves......Page 558 Summary......Page 562 Appendix 1: Equilibrium in the Foreign Exchange Market with Imperfect Asset Substitutability......Page 567 Appendix 2: The Timing of Balance of Payments Crises......Page 570 19 INTERNATIONAL MONETARY SYSTEMS: AN HISTORICAL OVERVIEW......Page 573 Macroeconomic Policy Goals in an Open Economy......Page 574 BOX: Can a Country Borrow Forever? The Case of New Zealand......Page 578 Classifying Monetary Systems: The Open-Economy Monetary Trilemma......Page 582 International Macroeconomic Policy under the Gold Standard, 1870–1914......Page 583 CASE STUDY: The Political Economy of Exchange Rate Regimes: Conflict over America’s Monetary Standard during the 1890s......Page 587 The Interwar Years, 1918–1939......Page 588 CASE STUDY: The International Gold Standard and the Great Depression......Page 590 The Bretton Woods System and the International Monetary Fund......Page 591 Analyzing Policy Options for Reaching Internal and External Balance......Page 595 The External Balance Problem of the United States under Bretton Woods......Page 599 CASE STUDY: The End of Bretton Woods, Worldwide Inflation, and the Transition to Floating Rates......Page 600 The Case for Floating Exchange Rates......Page 603 CASE STUDY: The First Years of Floating Rates, 1973–1990......Page 607 Macroeconomic Interdependence under a Floating Rate......Page 611 CASE STUDY: Transformation and Crisis in the World Economy......Page 612 What Has Been Learned since 1973?......Page 618 Are Fixed Exchange Rates Even an Option for Most Countries?......Page 621 Summary......Page 622 Appendix: International Policy Coordination Failures......Page 629 20 FINANCIAL GLOBALIZATION: OPPORTUNITY AND CRISIS......Page 632 The International Capital Market and the Gains from Trade......Page 633 International Banking and the International Capital Market......Page 637 Banking and Financial Fragility......Page 640 BOX: The Simple Algebra of Moral Hazard......Page 646 The Challenge of Regulating International Banking......Page 647 CASE STUDY: The Global Financial Crisis of 2007–2009......Page 650 BOX: Foreign Exchange Instability and Central Bank Swap Lines......Page 653 How Well Have International Financial Markets Allocated Capital and Risk?......Page 657 Summary......Page 664 21 OPTIMUM CURRENCY AREAS AND THE EURO......Page 669 How the European Single Currency Evolved......Page 671 The Euro and Economic Policy in the Euro Zone......Page 676 The Theory of Optimum Currency Areas......Page 678 CASE STUDY: Is Europe an Optimum Currency Area?......Page 686 The Euro Crisis and the Future of EMU......Page 690 Summary......Page 700 22 DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: GROWTH, CRISIS, AND REFORM......Page 705 Income, Wealth, and Growth in the World Economy......Page 706 Structural Features of Developing Countries......Page 709 Developing-Country Borrowing and Debt......Page 712 East Asia: Success and Crisis......Page 723 BOX: Why Have Developing Countries Accumulated Such High Levels of International Reserves?......Page 724 BOX: What Did East Asia Do Right?......Page 727 Lessons of Developing-Country Crises......Page 729 Reforming the World's Financial "Architecture"......Page 731 CASE STUDY: China's Pegged Currency......Page 735 Understanding Global Capital Flows and the Global Distribution of Income: Is Geography Destiny?......Page 738 BOX: Capital Paradoxes......Page 739 Summary......Page 743 Postscript to Chapter 5: The Factor-Proportions Model......Page 748 Postscript to Chapter 6: The Trading World Economy......Page 752 Postscript to Chapter 8: The Monopolistic Competition Model......Page 760 Postscript to Chapter 20: Risk Aversion and International Portfolio Diversification......Page 762 B......Page 770 C......Page 771 D......Page 772 E......Page 773 F......Page 775 G......Page 776 I......Page 777 M......Page 779 N......Page 780 P......Page 781 R......Page 782 S......Page 783 T......Page 784 W......Page 785 Z......Page 786 CREDITS......Page 788 International Economics: Theory And Policy Provides Engaging, Balanced Coverage Of The Key Concepts And Practical Applications Of The Two Main Topic Areas Of The Discipline. For Both International Trade And International Finance, An Intuitive Introduction To Theory Is Followed By Detailed Coverage Of Policy Applications. With This New Tenth Edition, The Author Team Of Nobel Prize-winning Economist Paul Krugman, Renowned Researcher Maurice Obstfeld, And Marc Melitz Of Harvard University Continues To Set The Standard For International Economics Courses. --publisher's Website. Part 1. International Trade Theory. World Trade : An Overview ; Labor Productivity And Comparative Advantage : The Ricardian Model ; Specific Factors And Income Distribution ; Resources And Trade : The Heckscher-ohlin Model ; The Standard Trade Model ; External Economies Of Scale And The International Location Of Production ; Firms In The Global Economy : Export Decisions, Outsourcing, And Multinational Enterprises -- Part 2. International Trade Policy. The Instruments Of Trade Policy ; The Political Economy Of Trade Policy ; Trade Policy In Developing Countries ; Controversies In Trade Policy -- Part 3. Exchange Rates And Open-economy Macroeconomics. National Income Accounting And The Balance Of Payments ; Exchange Rates And The Foreign Exchange Market : An Asset Approach ; Money, Interest Rates, And Exchange Rates ; Price Levels And The Exchange Rate In The Long Run ; Output And The Exchange Rate In The Short Run ; Fixed Exchange Rates And Foreign Exchange Intervention -- Part 4. International Macroeconomic Policy. International Monetary Systems : An Historical Overview ; Financial Globalization : Opportunity And Crisis ; Optimum Currency Areas And The Euro ; Developing Countries : Growth, Crisis, And Reform -- Mathematical Postscripts. Paul R. Krugman, Princeton University, Maurice Obstfeld, University Of California, Berkeley, Marc J. Melitz, Harvard University. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. For courses in International Economics, International Finance, and International Trade A balanced approach to theory and policy applications International Theory and Policy provides engaging, balanced coverage of the key concepts and practical applications of the two main topic areas of the discipline. For both international trade and international finance, an intuitive introduction to theory is followed by detailed coverage of policy applications. With this new tenth edition, the author team of Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman, renowned researcher Maurice Obstfeld, and Marc Melitz of Harvard University continues to set the standard for International Economics courses. This program provides a better teaching and learning experiencefor you and your students. It will help you Personalize learning with MyEconLab : This online homework, tutorial, and assessment program fosters learning and provides tools that help instructors to keep students on track. Reveal theory and applications of trade and finance via a unified structure : Balanced coverage of theory and applications aids student retention and highlights the relevance of course material. Give students learning tools to master course material : Numerous in-text learning resources engage students and encourage further exploration of course topics. Provide the most updated Thoroughly updated content ensures that students are up to date on key economics issues. If you are purchasing the standalone text or electronic version, MyEconLab does not come automatically packaged with the text. To purchase MyEconLab please visit (http://www.myeconlab.com) www.myeconlab.com or you can purchase a package of the physical text + MyEconLab by searching for 0133826945 / 9780133826944. MyEconLab is not a self-paced technology and should only be purchased when required by an instructor. International Economics: Theory and Policy provides engaging, balanced coverage of the key concepts and practical applications of the two main topic areas of the discipline. For both international trade and international finance, an intuitive introduction to theory is followed by detailed coverage of policy applications. With this new tenth edition, the author team of Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman, renowned researcher Maurice Obstfeld, and Marc Melitz of Harvard University continues to set the standard for International Economics courses. This program provides a better teaching and learning experience-for you and your students. It will help you to: a) personalize learning with MyEconLab: This online homework, tutorial, and assessment program fosters learning and provides tools that help instructors to keep students on track; b) reveal theory and applications of trade and finance via a unified structure: Balanced coverage of theory and applications aids student retention and highlights the relevance of course material; c) give students learning tools to master course material: Numerous in-text learning resources engage students and encourage further exploration of course topics; and d) provide the most updated coverage: Thoroughly updated content ensures that students are up to date on key economics issues "International Economics: Theory and Policy provides engaging, balanced coverage of the key concepts and practical applications of the two main topic areas of the discipline. For both international trade and international finance, an intuitive introduction to theory is followed by detailed coverage of policy applications. With this new 11th Edition, the author team of Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman, renowned researcher Maurice Obstfeld, and Marc Melitz of Harvard University continues to set the standard for International Economics courses."-- From publisher's website