The Economics and Politics of International Trade

By - Geraint Parry and Hillel Steiner.[ed]

Floor - Floor 1

Published - London ; New York : Routledge, 1998.

ISBN 10 - 0415155258

ISBN 13 - 9780415155250

Book Status - 1 Qnty Available with us.

Subject - Free trade--Congresses.

Shelf No - 20

Call Number - 382.71 ECO

Physical Description - 3 v. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Notes - Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

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. List of figures. . . List of tables. . . List of contributors. . . General editors’ preface. . . Acknowledgements. . 1. Introduction. 1. 2. Reconsidering free trade. 13. 3. Ricardo’s difficult idea: Why intellectuals don’t understand comparative advantage. 22. 4. Commentary on Chapter 3. 37. 5. International monetary arrangements and international trade: Does the monetary regime matter?. 42. 6. Commentary on Chapter 5. 53. 7. International competition and industrial performance: Allocative efficiency, productive efficiency and turbulence. 57. 8. Commentary on Chapter 7. 85. 9. The regional impact of inward direct investments: Some reflections on the issue of measurement. 86. 10. Commentary on Chapter 9. 100. 11. Shallow foundations: Labour and the selective regulation of free trade. 105. 12. Commentary on Chapter 11. 125. 13. Richard Cobden and the democratic peace. 130. 14. Commentary on Chapter 13. 143. 15. The Corn Laws and the CAP. 148. 16. Commentary on Chapter 15. 166. 17. Antidumping actions in high technology industries: The case of semiconductors. 169. 18. Commentary on Chapter 17. 185. 19. Subsidies, exchange rates and job protection in the British steel industry, 1967-85. 188. 20. Commentary on Chapter 19. 216. 21. East-West trade in transition: The case of Austria. 217. 22. Commentary on Chapter 21. 236. 23. Free trade movement in Asia Pacific: APEC’s Osaka Action Agenda and its implications for multilateral trade liberalization. 239. 24. Commentary on Chapter 23. 252. 25. Knowledge, trade and growth. 254. 26. Commentary on Chapter 25. 273. 27. Raw materials in the history of economic policy. 275. 28. Commentary on Chapter 27. 301. . Index. 304

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