TY - BOOK AU - AU - TI - International economics. SN - 0131704168 AV - HF1359.S29 PY - 2006/// CY - Upper Saddle River PB - Pearson KW - International economic relations KW - Economic development. KW - Commerce international. KW - International finance N1 - Contents: Introduction -- Why countries trade -- Factor endowments and the commodity compositions -- Intraindustry trade -- International factor movement -- Tariffs -- Nontariff distortions -- International trade policy -- Regional economic arrangements -- Intranational trade and economic growth -- National income accounting and the balance of payments -- International transactions and financial markets -- Money, interest rates and the exchange rate -- Price levels and exchange rates in the long run -- Output and the exchange rate in the short run -- Macroeconomic policy and floating exchange rates -- Fixed exchange rates and currency unions -- International monetary arrangements -- Capital flows and the developing countries -- Appendix: GDP, population, and exports for counties, 2002. -- ER -