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About the Author
Acknowledgments
Preface
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Introductory Trade Issues: History, Institutions, and Legal Framework
1.1
The International Economy and International Economics
1.2
Understanding Tariffs
1.3
Recent Trade Controversies
1.4
The Great Depression, Smoot-Hawley, and the Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act (RTAA)
1.5
The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)
1.6
The Uruguay Round
1.7
The World Trade Organization
1.8
Appendix A: Selected U.S. Tariffs—2009
1.9
Appendix B: Bound versus Applied Tariffs
2
The Ricardian Theory of Comparative Advantage
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2.1
The Reasons for Trade
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2.2
The Theory of Comparative Advantage: Overview
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2.3
Ricardian Model Assumptions
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2.4
The Ricardian Model Production Possibility Frontier
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2.5
Definitions: Absolute and Comparative Advantage
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2.6
A Ricardian Numerical Example
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2.7
Relationship between Prices and Wages
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2.8
Deriving the Autarky Terms of Trade
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2.9
The Motivation for International Trade and Specialization
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2.10
Welfare Effects of Free Trade: Real Wage Effects
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2.11
The Welfare Effects of Free Trade: Aggregate Effects
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2.12
Appendix: Robert Torrens on Comparative Advantage
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The Pure Exchange Model of Trade
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3.1
A Simple Pure Exchange Economy
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3.2
Determinants of the Terms of Trade
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3.3
Example of a Trade Pattern
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3.4
Three Traders and Redistribution with Trade
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3.5
Three Traders with International Trade
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3.6
The Nondiscrimination Argument for Free Trade
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Factor Mobility and Income Redistribution
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4.1
Factor Mobility Overview
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4.2
Domestic Factor Mobility
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4.3
Time and Factor Mobility
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4.4
Immobile Factor Model Overview and Assumptions
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4.5
The Production Possibility Frontier in the Immobile Factor Model
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4.6
Autarky Equilibrium in the Immobile Factor Model
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4.7
Depicting a Free Trade Equilibrium in the Immobile Factor Model
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4.8
Effect of Trade on Real Wages
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4.9
Intuition of Real Wage Effects
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4.10
Interpreting the Welfare Effects
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4.11
Aggregate Welfare Effects of Free Trade in the Immobile Factor Model
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The Heckscher-Ohlin (Factor Proportions) Model
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5.1
Chapter Overview
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5.2
Heckscher-Ohlin Model Assumptions
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The Production Possibility Frontier (Fixed Proportions)
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5.4
The Rybczynski Theorem
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The Magnification Effect for Quantities
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The Stolper-Samuelson Theorem
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The Magnification Effect for Prices
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The Production Possibility Frontier (Variable Proportions)
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The Heckscher-Ohlin Theorem
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5.10
Depicting a Free Trade Equilibrium in the Heckscher-Ohlin Model
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5.11
National Welfare Effects of Free Trade in the Heckscher-Ohlin Model
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5.12
The Distributive Effects of Free Trade in the Heckscher-Ohlin Model
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5.13
The Compensation Principle
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5.14
Factor-Price Equalization
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5.15
The Specific Factor Model: Overview
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5.16
The Specific Factor Model
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5.17
Dynamic Income Redistribution and Trade
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Economies of Scale and International Trade
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6.1
Chapter Overview
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6.2
Economies of Scale and Returns to Scale
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6.3
Gains from Trade with Economies of Scale: A Simple Explanation
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6.4
Monopolistic Competition
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6.5
Model Assumptions: Monopolistic Competition
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6.6
The Effects of Trade in a Monopolistically Competitive Industry
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6.7
The Costs and Benefits of Free Trade under Monopolistic Competition
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Trade Policy Effects with Perfectly Competitive Markets
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7.1
Basic Assumptions of the Partial Equilibrium Model
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7.2
Depicting a Free Trade Equilibrium: Large and Small Country Cases
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7.3
The Welfare Effects of Trade Policies: Partial Equilibrium
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7.4
Import Tariffs: Large Country Price Effects
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Import Tariffs: Large Country Welfare Effects
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7.6
The Optimal Tariff
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7.7
Import Tariffs: Small Country Price Effects
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Import Tariffs: Small Country Welfare Effects
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7.9
Retaliation and Trade Wars
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7.10
Import Quotas: Large Country Price Effects
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7.11
Administration of an Import Quota
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Import Quota: Large Country Welfare Effects
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Import Quota: Small Country Price Effects
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Import Quota: Small Country Welfare Effects
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7.15
The Choice between Import Tariffs and Quotas
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Export Subsidies: Large Country Price Effects
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Export Subsidies: Large Country Welfare Effects
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7.18
Countervailing Duties
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7.19
Voluntary Export Restraints (VERs): Large Country Price Effects
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Administration of a Voluntary Export Restraint
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7.21
Voluntary Export Restraints: Large Country Welfare Effects
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Export Taxes: Large Country Price Effects
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Export Taxes: Large Country Welfare Effects
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Domestic Policies and International Trade
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8.1
Chapter Overview
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8.2
Domestic Production Subsidies
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Production Subsidies as a Reason for Trade
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Production Subsidy Effects in a Small Importing Country
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8.5
Domestic Consumption Taxes
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8.6
Consumption Taxes as a Reason for Trade
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8.7
Consumption Tax Effects in a Small Importing Country
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8.8
Equivalence of an Import Tariff with a Domestic (Consumption Tax plus Production Subsidy)
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Trade Policies with Market Imperfections and Distortions
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9.1
Chapter Overview
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9.2
Imperfections and Distortions Defined
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9.3
The Theory of the Second Best
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9.4
Unemployment and Trade Policy
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9.5
The Infant Industry Argument and Dynamic Comparative Advantage
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9.6
The Case of a Foreign Monopoly
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9.7
Monopoly and Monopsony Power and Trade
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9.8
Public Goods and National Security
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9.9
Trade and the Environment
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9.10
Economic Integration: Free Trade Areas, Trade Creation, and Trade Diversion
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Political Economy and International Trade
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10.1
Chapter Overview
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10.2
Some Features of a Democratic Society
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10.3
The Economic Effects of Protection: An Example
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The Consumers’ Lobbying Decision
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The Producers’ Lobbying Decision
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The Government’s Decision
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The Lobbying Problem in a Democracy
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Evaluating the Controversy between Free Trade and Protectionism
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11.1
Introduction
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11.2
Economic Efficiency Effects of Free Trade
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11.3
Free Trade and the Distribution of Income
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The Case for Selected Protection
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The Economic Case against Selected Protection
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Free Trade as the “Pragmatically Optimal” Policy Choice
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