Elements of International Economics

A highly accessible introductory textbook that equips students with the needed knowledge for further study. Advanced undergraduates and graduates will learn how to interpret the balance of payments of a country, explain the behavior of commercial flows, analyze flows of financial assets according to interest-rate differentials and other elements, evaluate the effects of national and international policies, study the forces that determine exchange rates and cause currency crises, and understand the reasons behind international economic integration, such as the European Union.

Offers a complete introduction to international economics.

Details the basics of the subject as well as provides tools for more in-depth analysis.

Autorentext
Since 1974 professor Giancarlo Gandolfo is full professor of International Economics, Faculty of Economics, Sapienza University of Rome. Since 2005 he is member of the scientific committee of University of Rome La Sapienza Press. His main areas of research are International monetary economics, continuous time econometrics, mathematical methods and models of economic dynamics. He is recipient of several research grants by national and international institutions.

Klappentext

This book details how an open economy functions. It explores the determinants of international flows of commodities and financial assets as well as examines the effects of these flows on the domestic and international economy and the possible policy actions at the national and international level. Particular attention is paid to the problems of international economic integration at both the commercial and monetary level.

This highly accessible textbook introduces students to the subject as well as equips them for further study. Advanced undergraduates and graduates will learn to read and interpret the balance of payments of a country, explain the behavior of commercial flows, analyze flows of financial assets according to interest-rate differentials and other elements, evaluate the effects of national and international policies, study the forces that determine exchange rates and cause currency crises, and to understand the reasons behind international economic integration, such as the European Union.

Zusammenfassung

From the reviews:

"This book details how an open economy functions. ... Particular attention is paid to the problems of international economic integration at both the commercial and monetary level. This highly accessible textbook introduces students to the subject as well as equips them for further study. Advanced undergraduates and graduates will learn to read and interpret the balance of payments of a country ... ." (RKW-Bücherdienst Ratinalisierungskuratorium und Innovationszentrum der Deutschen Wirtschaft, 2004)

Inhalt
1 Introduction.- I The Basics.- 2 The Foreign Exchange Market.- 3 Exchange-Rate Regimes and the International Monetary System.- 4 International Interest-Rate Parity Conditions.- 5 The Balance of Payments.- II International Finance and Open-Economy Macroeconomics.- 6 The Basic Models: Elasticities, Multiplier, Mundell-Fleming.- 7 The Monetary and Portfolio Approaches.- 8 Capital Movements, Speculation, and Currency Crises.- 9 Exchange-Rate Determination.- 10 The Intertemporal Approach to the Balance of Payments.- 11 International Monetary Integration and European Monetary Union.- 12 Problems of the International Monetary System.- III International Trade Theory and Policy.- 13 The Orthodox Theory: Comparative Cost, Factor Endowments, Demand.- 14 Tariffs, and Non-Tariff Barriers.- 15 Free Trade vs Protection, and Preferential Trade Cooperation.- 16 The new Protectionism.- 17 The new Theories of International Trade.- 18 Growth, Trade, Globalization.- List of Figures.- List of Tables.- List of Boxes.