Trade policies for international competitiveness / edited by Robert C. Feenstra.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Feenstra, Robert C.

Series:

National Bureau of Economic Research conference report.

Conference report (National Bureau of Economic Research)

National Bureau of Economic Research conference report

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Foreign trade promotion--United States--Congresses.

Foreign trade promotion.

Investments, American--Congresses.

Investments, American.

Competition, International--Congresses.

Competition, International.

United States--Commercial policy--Congresses.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (276 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1989.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Once unquestionably the world's leading economic and industrial power, the United States now views with growing dismay the impressive industrial efficiency, vigorous work ethics, and large American holdings of various other nations. Is the United States truly lagging in its ability to compete effectively in world markets? Concern over this question has been voiced in both the business and government sectors, as well as by academic economists. A recent conference, sponsored by the National Bureau of Economic Research, explored the effects of trade policies on a nation's ability to compete in international markets. In Trade Policies for International Competitiveness, Robert C. Feenstra collects seven papers from the conference, each accompanied by discussants' comments, and adds a helpful introduction. Some of the issues considered by contributors are effects of macroeconomic and strategic foreign policies on competitiveness; the recent influx of foreign direct investment in the United States, primarily from Japan; the extent to which Japanese trade patterns are a reflection of underlying factor and endowments rather than trade barriers; and the market structure of Canadian industries, including applications for ongoing U.S.-Canadian free trade negotiations. Topical and provocative, these papers will be of value to economists, policymakers, and those in the business world.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1 Savings Promotion, Investment Promotion, and International Competitiveness

2 The Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment in the United States , 1979- 85

3 Can Interindustry Wage Differentials Justify Strategic Trade Policy?

4 Dynamic Duopoly with Output Adjustment Costs in International Markets: Taking the Conjecture out of Conjectural Variations

5 Differentiated Products, Economies of Scale, and Access to the Japanese Market

6 Export Prices and Exchange Rates: An Industry Approach

7 U. S . -Canada Bilateral Tariff Elimination: The Role of Product Differentiation and Market Structure

Contributors

Author Index

Subject Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographies and indexes.

ISBN:

9786611430863

9781281430861

1281430862

9780226239507

0226239500

OCLC:

476229889