Key Models and Topics in Econ 141 1ST 2004-2005 Prof. A. BOQUIREN
Note: This course focuses on
tools for policy analysis. The models identified below are the fundamental
bases of conventional economics on trade and international economics. Grasping
the tools serve the cause of analyzing issues from conventional viewpoints but,
at the same time, a grasp of the tools can lead students and economists to
develop new ones that can either challenge or sustain/complement the
conventional views.
Model Number |
Page |
Title or Topic |
Table 2-1 |
30 |
Trade based on
absolute advantage |
Table 2-2 |
32 |
Trade based on
comparative advantage |
Table 2-3 |
34 |
Comparative
advantage with money |
Fig. 2-4 |
44 |
Empirical test
of comparative advantage |
Table 2-6 |
49 |
Comparative
advantage with more than two commodities |
Table 2-7 |
51 |
Comparative
advantage with more than two nations |
Fig. 3-3 |
59 |
Equilibrium in
isolation |
Fig. 3-4, Fig.
3-5 |
62/66 |
Basis for and
gains from trade with increasing costs/ Gains from exchange and from
specialization |
|
73-75 |
Production
functions, isoquants, isocosts, and equilibrium |
Fig. 3-8 |
75 |
Production with
2 nations, 2 commodities, and 2 factors |
Fig. 4-3 &
4-4 |
88/89 |
Concept of and
derivation of offer curves (defined in page 85) |
Fig. 4-4 |
91 |
Illustration of
general equilibrium through offer curves |
|
93 |
Definition and
measurement of the terms of trade |
Fig. 4-12 |
107 |
Stable and
unstable equilibria |
Fig. 5-1 |
113 |
Factor
intensities, abundance, and relative abundance |
|
114-116 |
Factor abundance
and shape of the production frontier |
|
119- |
Heckscher-Ohlin
Theory, Theorem |
Fig. 5-4 |
121 |
Illustration of
the Heckscher-Ohlin Theory |
Fig. 5-7 &
5-8 |
142-143 |
Relative Factor
Price Equalization |
|
145 |
Absolute
factor-price equalization |
|
127 |
Effect of trade
on the distribution of income |
|
133-135 |
Explanations of
the Leontief Paradox (optional) |
Fig. 5-9 |
147 |
Specific Factors
Model (effect of trade on income distribution) |
Fig. 5-10 |
148 |
Factor Intensity
Reversal |
Fig. 6-1 |
158 |
Trade based on
economies of scale |
Eq. 6-1 |
163 |
Measuring Intra
Industry Trade |
Fig. 6-3 |
167 |
Monopolistic
Competition and Intra-Industry Trade |
Fig. 6-4 |
170 |
Product Cycle |
|
171 |
Synthesis of
Trade Models |
Fig. 7-4 |
196 |
Factor Growth
and Trade: Small Country Case |
Fig. 7-5 |
200 |
Growth and
Trade: Large Country Case |
Fig. 7-6 |
201 |
Immiserizing
Growth |
Fig. 7-7 |
203 |
Growth that
improves a nation’s terms of trade and welfare |
Fig. 7-9 |
212 |
Graphical Proof
of the Rybczynki Theorem |
Fig 7-10 |
214 |
Specific Factors
Model and Growth |
Fig. 8-1 |
224-227 |
Partial
equilibrium effects of a tariff, small country |
Fig. 8-8 |
245 |
Partial
equilibrium effects of a tariff, large country |
Fig. 8-5 |
235 |
General
equilibrium effects of a tariff, small country |
Fig. 8-6 |
238 |
General
equilibrium effects of a tariff, large country |
Fig, 8-7 |
240 |
Optimum Tariff
and Retaliation |
Fig. 8-9 |
249 |
Stopler-Samuelson
Theorem |
Fig. 8-10 |
251 |
Metzler Paradox |
Fig. 8-11 |
252 |
Short-run effect
of tariff on a factors’ income |
Fig. 8-12 |
254 |
Measurement of
the optimum tariff |
Chapter 9 |
257-297 |
Nontariff trade
barriers and new protectionism |
Fig. 9-1 |
258 |
Partial
equilibrium effects of an import quota |
Fig. 9-2 |
269 |
Partial
equilibrium effect of an export subsidy |
Fig. 10-1 |
301 |
Trade-creating
customs union |
Fig. 10-2 |
303 |
Trade-diverting
customs union |
|
304-306 |
Theory of the
second best and other static welfare effects of customs union |
Fig. 10-3 |
322 |
General
equilibrium analysis of trade-diverting customs union |
Chap 11 |
329-360 |
International
trade and economic development |
Fig. 12-2 |
374 |
Output and
welfare effects of international capital transfers |
Fig. 12-3 |
384 |
Output and
welfare effects of international labor migration |
|
400-402 |
Double-entry
bookkeeping (e.g., Table 13-1 page
403) |
Fig. 14-1 |
428 |
Flexible
exchange rate system (also Fig. 14-2 page 433) |
|
434-439 |
Spot and forward
rates, currency swaps, futures, and options |
|
439-446 |
Foreign exchange
risks, hedging, and speculation |
|
466-472 |
Purchasing power
parity theory and models |
|
472-475 |
Monetary
approach under fixed exchange rates cf. 499- 501 formal |
|
475-477 |
Monetary
approach under flexible exchange rates cf. 499- 501 formal |
|
477-478 |
Monetary
approach to exchange rate determination cf. 499- 501 formal |
|
478-482 |
Expectations,
interest differentials, and exchange rates |
|
482-489 |
Asset market
model and exchange rate |
|
489--492 |
Exchange rate
dynamics |
Fig. 16-1 |
511 |
Balance of
payments adjustments with exchange rate changes |
Fig. 16-2 |
512 |
Derivation of
demand and supply curves for foreign exchange |
Fig. 16-3 |
517 |
Stable and
unstable foreign exchange markets |
|
521-522 |
The J-Curve p.
522-523 |
Fig. 16-8 |
534 |
Effect of a
depreciation or devaluation on domestic prices |
|
535-537 |
Mathematical
derivation of the Marshall-Lerner condition |
Fig. 16-9 |
538, 537-538 |
Unstable foreign
exchange market becomes stable for large exchange rate changes |
|
554-556 |
Foreign trade
multiplier |
|
567-569 |
Mathematical
derivation of foreign trade multiplier with foreign repercussions |
Fig. 18-7 |
588 |
Fiscal and
monetary policies with perfect capital mobility |
Fig. 18-8 |
589 |
IS-LM-BP model
with flexible exchange rate |
Fig. 18-9 |
591 |
Adjustment
policies with perfect capital flows and flexible exchange rates |
Fig. 18-10 |
593, 592-597 |
Effective Market
Classification and the Policy Mix |
|
806-812 |
Derivation of
the IS, LM, and BP curve |
|
845-855, 667-668 |
Flexible versus
fixed exchange rates and macroeconomic policy coordination |