International economics : an introduction to theory and policy / by Rajat Acharyya

Includes glossary and index.

PART I - BASIS AND GAINS FROM INTER-INDUSTRY TRADE -- Basis of inter-industry trade -- Gains from trade -- Test of comparative advantage and measuring GFT -- International equilibrium and the terms of trade -- PART II - THEORIES OF COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE AND PATTERN OF TRADE -- Technology and trade -- Factor endowment and trade -- Digressions on factor endowment theory and trade empirics -- PART III - BASIS AND GAINS FROM INTRA-INDUSTRY TRADE -- Theories of intra-industry trade -- PART IV - TRADE INTERVENTION AND COORDINATION -- Import tariff and export subsidies -- Quantitative restrictions, non-tariff barriers and equivalence -- Market imperfection and trade policy -- Political economy of trade policy -- Market failure, distortions and trade policy -- Multilateralism and regionalism -- PART V - INPUT TRADE, SERVICES, AND GROWTH -- Trade growth and inclusion -- Foreign capital inflow, multinationals and migration -- Services trade -- PART VI - STANDARDS, REGULATIONS AND MULTILATERAL TRADE AGREEMENTS -- Product standards, regulations and trade -- World trade organization and trade agreements -- PART VII - THEORY OF BALANCE OF PAYMENTS AND OPEN ECONOMY MACROECONOMICS -- Balance of payments and national income accounting -- National income and current account balance: the income approach -- International currency systems and exchange rate regimes -- BOP adjustments policies in a pegged exchange rate regime -- Money, price and exchange rate -- Currency regimes revisited