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Irwin, Douglas A. - The MIT Press

adjustment mechanism, policymakers turned instead to higher tariffs and other means of restricting imports. He offers a clear and …

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The Relative Inefficiency of Quotas

Anderson, James E. - The MIT Press

James Anderson has been a singular force in the research on tariffs versus quotas. In this book he demonstrates that in … most reasonable circumstances, quotas are an inferior trade policy relative to import tariffs. He presents substantive new … work on tariffs and quotas in imperfect competition and provides a better understanding of quotas and protection policies …

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Illicit Trade and the Global Economy

Storti, Cláudia Costa (contributor); … - The MIT Press

the sometimes puzzling relationships among purity, price, and risk; the effect of globalization on the heroin and cocaine …

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Offshoring in the Global Economy: Microeconomic Structure and Macroeconomic Implications

Feenstra, Robert C. - The MIT Press

synthesis of fifteen years of research—linking his own work to related research by others—on the globalization of production and …

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Globalization and the Theory of Input Trade

Jones, Ronald W. - The MIT Press

evaluates the significance of globalization for governmental trade policies and public attitudes about regional alliances. …

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Aggregation: Aggregate Production Functions and Related Topics

Fisher, Franklin M. (contributor); Monz, John (contributor) - The MIT Press

Aggregation lies at the heart of macroeconomics. Economists using such aggregates as capital, investment, labor, and even output or GNP assume that such constructions have a sound analytic foundation. The question of the existence of aggregate production functions is not only part of the...

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Geography and Trade

Krugman, Paul - The MIT Press

"I have spent my whole professional life as an international economist thinking and writing about economic geography, without being aware of it," begins Paul Krugman in the readable and anecdotal style that has become a hallmark of his writings. Krugman observes that his own shortcomings in...

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Global Trade and Conflicting National Interests

Gomory, Ralph E.; Baumol, William J. - The MIT Press

In this book Ralph Gomory and William Baumol adapt classical trade models to the modern world economy. Trade today is dominated by manufactured goods, rapidly moving technology, and huge firms that benefit from economies of scale. This is very different from the largely agricultural world in...

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Market Structure and Foreign Trade: Increasing Returns, Imperfect Competition, and the International Economy

Helpman, Elhanan; Krugman, Paul - The MIT Press

Market Structure and Foreign Trade presents a coherent theory of trade in the presence of market structures other than perfect competition. The theory it develops explains trade patterns, especially of industrial countries, and provides an integration between trade and the role of multinational...

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Comparative Political Economy

Kindleberger, Charles P. - The MIT Press

Charles P. Kindleberger's rich and distinguished career has spanned nearly six decades. The essays collected here reflect the author's shift in interests from foreign exchange to international trade, economic growth, and economic history, especially financial history. They also contain dollops...

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