Handbook of International Trade

This handbook is a detailed exploration of the theories, policies,
and issues stemming from the field of International Trade. Written
by specialists in the field, the chapters focus on four important
areas: factor proportions theory, trade policy, investment, and new
trade theory. The extensive analysis covers such topics as the
Heckscher-Ohlin Trade Model and the Stolper-Samuelson Price Link,
as well as wages, antidumping, and political economics.

• Explores the theories, policies and issues stemming from the
  field of International Trade.

• Focuses on factor proportions theory, trade policy, investment,
  and new trade theory.

• Includes analyses of the Heckscher-Ohlin Trade Model and the
  Stolper-Samuelson Price link.

Auteur

E. Kwan Choi is Professor of Economics at Iowa State
University and the Editor of Review of International
Economics. He is also Associate Editor of Japanese Economic
Review and Managing Editor of Review of Development
Economics. Prof. Choi has published in many top journals,
including Economica, Journal of Development Economics, and
International Economic Review.

James Harrigan is a Senior Economist in the International
Research Department of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. He has
also taught at the University of Pittsburgh and Columbia
University, and is a member of the National Bureau of Economic
Research. He is a former co-editor of The Journal of
International Economics.

Résumé
This handbook is a detailed exploration of the theories, policies, and issues stemming from the field of International Trade. Written by specialists in the field, the chapters focus on four important areas: factor proportions theory, trade policy, investment, and new trade theory. The extensive analysis covers such topics as the Heckscher-Ohlin Trade Model and the Stolper-Samuelson Price Link, as well as wages, antidumping, and political economics.

• Explores the theories, policies and issues stemming from the field of International Trade.
• Focuses on factor proportions theory, trade policy, investment, and new trade theory.
• Includes analyses of the Heckscher-Ohlin Trade Model and the Stolper-Samuelson Price link.

Contenu

Introduction.

Part I: Factor Proportions Theory:.

1. Trade Theory and Factor Intensities: An Interpretive Essay:
   Ronald W. Jones (University of Rochester).

2. Implications of Many Industries in the Heckscher-Ohlin Trade
   Model: E. Kwan Choi (Iowa State University).

3. Robustness of the Stolper-Samuelson Price Link: Henry
   Thompson (Auburn University).

4. Specialization and the Volume of Trade: Do the Data Obey the
   Laws: James Harrigan (Federal Reserve Bank of New York).

5. The Factor Content of Trade: Donald R. Davis and David E.
   Weinstein (Columbia University).

6. Global Production Sharing and Rising Inequality: A Survey of
   Trade and Wages: Robert C. Feenstra (University of California,
   Davis) and Gordon H. Hanson (University of California, San
   Diego).

7. External Economies in the International Trade Theory: A
   Survey: Jae-Young Choi (Lamar University) and Eden Yu (City
   University of Hong Kong).

Part II: Trade Policy:.

1. The Political Economy of Trade Policy: Empirical Approaches:
   Kishore Gawande (University of New Mexico) and Pravin Krishna
   (Brown University).

2. Antidumping: Bruce A. Blonigen (University of Oregon) and
   Thomas J. Prusa (Rutgers University).

Part III: Investment:.

1. Foreign Direct Investment and the Operations of Multinational
   Firms: Concepts, History and Data: Robert E. Lipsey (National
   Bureau of Economic Research).

2. Discriminating Among Alternative Theories of the
   Multinational Enterprise: James Markusen and Keith E. Maskus
   (University of Colorado).

Part IV: New Trade Theory:.

1. The Economic Geography of Trade, Production and Income: A
   Survey of Empirics: Henry G. Overman, Stephen Redding, and Anthony
   J. Venables (London School of Economics).

2. Plant- and Firm-Level Evidence on "New" Trade
   Theories: James R. Tybout (Pennsylvania State University).

Index