TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gerber,James
TI  - International economics
SN  - 0201726122
U1  - 337 21
PY  - 2002///]
CY  - Boston
PB  - Addison-Wesley
KW  - International economic relations
KW  - International economic integration
KW  - International trade
KW  - Commercial policy
KW  - United States
KW  - Foreign economic relations
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 451-459) and index; I. INTRODUCTION AND INSTITUTIONS. 1. The United States in a Global Economy. 2. International Economic Institutions since World War II. II. INTERNATIONAL TRADE. 3. Comparative Advantage and the Gains from Trade. 4. Comparative Advantage and Factor Endowments. 5. Beyond Comparative Advantage. 6. The Theory of Tariffs and Quotas. 7. Commercial Policy. 8. Current Topics in Trade Negotiations: Labor, the Environment, and Food Safety. III. INTERNATIONAL FINANCE. 9. Trade and the Balance of Payments. 10. Exchange Rates and Exchange Rate Systems. 11. An Introduction to Open Economy Macroeconomics. 12. International Financial Crisis. IV. REGIONAL ISSUES IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY. 13. Economic Integration in North America. 14. The European Union: Many Markets into One. 15. Trade and Policy Reform in Latin America. 16. International Aspects of East Asian Growth. 17. Economic Integration and the Transition Economies

N2  - International Economics, Second Edition, is a survey of international economics with a flexible approach that accommodates the needs of economics...
non-majors and majors alike. Students who have had a principles of economics course will easily understand the presentation of international economics in Gerber's text. The author addresses the needs of a heterogeneous student audience in a non-technical international economics course while focusing on institutions, policy, and real-world case studies. The book has received accolades from many instructors, who have praised it as mainstream, up-to-date, and easily comprehensible
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