International Economics

Chapter 1: International Economics Is Different Part I: The Theory of International Trade Chapter 2: 2. The Basic Theory Using Demand and Supply Chapter 3: Why Everybody Trades: Comparative Advantage Chapter 4: Trade: Factor Availability and Factor Proportions Are Key Chapter 5: Who Gains and Who Loses from Trade? Chapter 6: Scale Economies, Imperfect Competition, and Trade Chapter 7: Growth and Trade Part II: Trade Policy Chapter 8: Analysis of a Tariff Chapter 9: Nontariff Barriers to Imports Chapter 10: Arguments For and Against Protection Chapter 11: Pushing Exports Chapter 12: Trade Blocs and Trade Blocks Chapter 13: . Trade and the Environment Chapter 14: Trade Policies for Developing Countries Chapter 15: Multinationals and Migration: International Factor Movements Part III: Understanding Foreign Exchange Chapter 16: Payments Among Nations Chapter 17: The Foreign Exchange Market Chapter 18: Forward Exchange and International Financial Investment Chapter 19: What Determines Exchange Rates? Chapter 20: Government Policies Toward the Foreign Exchange Market Chapter 21: International Lending and Financial Crises Part IV: Macro Policies for Open Economies Chapter 22: How Does the Open Macroeconomy Work? Chapter 23: Internal and External Balance with Fixed Exchange Rates Chapter 24: Floating Exchange Rates and Internal Balance Chapter 25: National and Global Choices: Floating Rates and the Alternatives Appendix A: The Web and the Library: International Numbers and Other Information Appendix B: Deriving Production-Possibilities Curves Appendix C: Offer Curves Appendix D: The Nationally Optimal Tariff Appendix E: Accounting for International Payments Appendix F: Many Parities at Once Appendix G: Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply in the Open Economy Appendix E: Devaluation and the Current Account Balance

Thomas Pugel (Upper Montclair, NJ) is professor of economics at New York University's Stern School of Business.