Terms of trade : glossary of international economics / Alan V. Deardorff.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Deardorff, Alan V.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International trade--Dictionaries.

International finance--Dictionaries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 383 p. ) ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Offering a glossary of terms in both international trade and international finance, this book features a picture gallery of diagrams used to explain key concepts, such as the Edgeworth production box and the offer curve diagram in international economics. It is grouped by subject to help users find the terms easily.

Contents:

Introduction

Acknowledgments

pt. I. Glossary of terms in international economics. 1. A-Z. 2. 0-9 (key to some numerical terms)

pt. II. Picture gallery. 1. Edgeworth production box. 2. Integrated world economy diagram. 3. IS-LM-BP diagram. 4. Lerner diagram. 5. Offer curve diagram. 6. Specific-factors model. 7. Tariff in partial equilibrium. 8. Trade and transformation curve diagram

pt. III. Lists of terms in international economics by subject. 1. Arguments for protection. 2. International commodity agreements and organizations. 3. Effects. 4. Empirical findings. 5. Fragmentation: terms and types. 6. GATT articles. 7. Indexes. 8. Memberships. 9. Models. 10. Non-tariff barriers. 11. Other non-tariff measures. 12. Paradoxes. Preferential trading arrangements. 14. Techniques of analysis. 15. Theoretical propositions. 16. Trade disputes. 17. Trade rounds. 18. United Nations organizations. 19. United States government units (dealing with international economic matters)

pt. IV. Origins of certain key terms in international economics.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 371-383).

ISBN:

9786611919528

9781281919526

1281919527

9789812774538

981277453X

OCLC:

820942750