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

 

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