The purpose of this essay is to investigate the possible economic consequences of the recent German steel subsidy program and assess to what extent those consequences conform with the objectives which motivated that program's adoption. The paper is organized as follows: Particular developments...

In the 1950s, Mexico and a number of other Latin American countries opted for a strategy of inward-oriented development aimed at accelerating the pace of industrialization. This strategy relied heavily on a process of import substitution brought about by creating a protected domestic environment...

Whether the interests of a nation are best served by maintaining fixed exchange rates or by allowing exchange rates to vary continues to be a much debated issue among economists. Most of the earlier literature on this topic focused attention on the two extremes of completely fixed exchange rates...

The elasticity of substitution concept has become one of the mainstays in the measurement of price responsiveness not only in production theory, where it originates, but also in the study of international trade. It has been applied, for example, in the context of the world demand for exports...

Most observers of economic events have noticed a considerable increase in the general volatility of prices over the last decade. An important byproduct often attributed to this increased price variability is greater uncertainty perceived by individual decisionmakers in the process of formulating...

This essay aims to provide a theoretical foundation for two widely debated issues in development economics. The first concerns a current controversy associated with the external indebtedness of developing countries. The second relates to a longer standing debate over the effects of foreign...

This essay argues that politically motivated business cycles could persist in a democratic society even if the electorate votes in a rational, fully informed manner, provided that government policymakers have the means to systematically generate macroeconomic fluctuations. This cyclic outcome...