What is included with this book?
List of Figures | p. viii |
Preface | p. ix |
List of Symbols | p. xiv |
List of Abbreviations | p. xvi |
Introduction | p. 1 |
The Mainstream International Trade Theory | |
The Evolution of International Trade Theory | p. 7 |
The Heckscher-Ohlin Theory | p. 10 |
Preliminaries | p. 10 |
The Heckscher-Ohlin Theorem | p. 12 |
The Factor-Price Equalization Theorem | p. 15 |
The Stolper-Samuelson Theorem | p. 21 |
The Rybczynski Theorem | p. 22 |
Critique | p. 24 |
The validity of underlying assumptions | p. 24 |
The validity of neoclassical economic theory | p. 27 |
Empirical evidence | p. 28 |
The Evaluation of the Heckscher-Ohlin theory | p. 29 |
Appendices to Part I | p. 32 |
Empirical evidence | p. 32 |
Leamer's attempt at reconciliation of the theory with facts | p. 33 |
The Systemic Theory of Value | |
Diachronic vs Synchronic Labour Input: The Two-Century Old Misunderstanding | p. 39 |
The Employment Effect | p. 42 |
The Replacement Effect | p. 45 |
The Interplay of Employment and Replacement Effects | p. 50 |
The Traverse | p. 54 |
The Basic Three-Industry Model | |
Steady State | p. 59 |
Integrated world economy | p. 59 |
Open economy | p. 62 |
Growing economy | p. 63 |
The Wage-Rental Curve | p. 67 |
Appendix to the Part III | p. 70 |
A note on price movements | p. 70 |
An Alternative Theory | |
Three Models | p. 75 |
The two received models | p. 75 |
An alternative model of international trade | p. 77 |
Comparative advantage | p. 79 |
Intra-Industry Trade | p. 82 |
Four Hypotheses | p. 85 |
Comparative advantage hypothesis | p. 85 |
Two commodities | p. 85 |
Many commodities | p. 88 |
Equalization of factor prices hypothesis | p. 89 |
Hypothesis about the changes due to the opening of trade | p. 90 |
Increased factor supply specific effect | p. 92 |
The Gains from Trade | |
The Pattern of Specialization | p. 95 |
Given autarkic prices | p. 95 |
Primary and secondary specializations | p. 99 |
The Gains from Trade | p. 104 |
Autarky vs. trade | p. 104 |
Domestic and international prices | p. 106 |
Import and export gains | p. 108 |
Wage-rental curve again | p. 111 |
Unequal Exchange | p. 116 |
Marxian values | p. 116 |
Unequal exchange I | p. 118 |
Unequal exchange II | p. 120 |
Tariffs | |
Tariffs and Subsidies | p. 125 |
Effects of a tariff in a single market | p. 125 |
Prohibitive tariff and subsidy | p. 127 |
The pattern of specialization with tariff | p. 127 |
Nominal and effective tariffs | p. 129 |
Subsidies | p. 132 |
Infant industry support | p. 133 |
Customs Union | p. 136 |
Degrees of economic integration | p. 136 |
Trade creation and trade diversion | p. 137 |
Customs unions in a more realistic setting | p. 140 |
Dynamic effects | p. 144 |
Appendices to Part VI | p. 150 |
Empirical evidence | p. 150 |
Economic integration of Eastern Europe: The Project Bridge | p. 155 |
Introduction | p. 155 |
The Organization | p. 160 |
The Customs Union | p. 162 |
The Monetary Union | p. 172 |
Notes | p. 190 |
References | p. 192 |
Name Index | p. 197 |
Subject Index | p. 199 |
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