theory of international trade

theory of international trade

the body of theory concerned with the determinants of, and the gains to be obtained from, INTERNATIONAL TRADE and SPECIALIZATION. The theory examines the way in which differences between countries in terms of supply costs and demand structures affect the level, product and area composition of international trade, and the level and distribution of the GAINS FROM TRADE. See COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE, HECKSCHER-OHLIN FACTOR PROPORTIONS THEORY, PREFERENCE SIMILARITY THEORY, PRODUCT LIFE CYCLE THEORY, TECHNOLOGICAL GAP THEORY, EDGEWORTH BOX.
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This implies that the modern theory of international trade expected to give the solutions of the following fundamental questions.
Structure of the Norwegian Imports Trade Concentration: The Seemingly Unrelated Autoregressive Regression Modelling Approach
The second and third parts of the book are devoted to the chronological overview of the development of approaches to the issues of foreign trade from mercantilism, through the neoclassical theory of international trade to the present.
Theory of International Economic Relations. Selected Theories
The dominant theory of international trade relationships was David Ricardo's theory of "comparative advantage.
The intellectual leadership of the United Nations has declined
Wu's approach to the topic is more balanced than Viner's Studies in the Theory of International Trade (1937), and his analysis of mercantilism more penetrating than Heckscher's (1955).
An Outline of International Price Theories
It is a standard demonstration in the theory of international trade that a tariff nearly always costs consumers more than what producers and taxpayers gain.
Protectionism by any other name
Criticizing orthodox neoclassical theory of international trade as stressing static comparative cost advantage (the philosophical and ideological basis of the "Washington Consensus" and the activities of the WTO) without taking into account significant factors relevant to the case of developing countries that require greater state involvement to address rather than relying on market forces alone, this volume presents an alternative approach to development.
Competitiveness and development; myth and realities
reprinted in AEA Readings in the Theory of International Trade, Philadelphia, Blakiston, 1949, 272-300.
Optimizing international investment and trade under golden rule conditions
The Ricardian theory of international trade envisages that the differential in technologies across countries determines the trans national trade pattern.
Determinants of intra-industry trade between Pakistan and selected SAARC countries
A number of pathbreaking articles had established his reputation as an economic theorist, his Studies in the Theory of International Trade had just been published, and he had experience as a policy adviser to the League of Nations and US Treasury among other organisations.
Jacob Viner, the cost of protection, and customs unions: new light from a Manitoba consulting assignment
In an exhaustive history of English-language economics prior to Adam Smith, Jacob Viner wrote: "A constant note in the writings of the merchants was the insistence upon the usefulness to the community of trade and the dignity and social value of the trader, and in the eighteenth century it appears to have become common for others than the traders themselves to accept them at their own valuation" (Studies in the Theory of International Trade [New York: Harper & Bros.
Bourgeois Dignity: Why Economics Can't Explain the Modern World
The traditional theory of international trade typically views trade agreements as complete, or as contracts that specify all the relevant policy instruments and cover all possible contingencies.
Trade agreements as incomplete contracts
The competitive theory of international trade is well known for its abundance of "paradoxes.
Sense and surprise in competitive trade theory 2010 WEAI presidential address

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