International Economics: Theory and Practice

by Maurice Obstfeld (Author), Maurice Obstefeld (Author), Maurice Obstfeld (Author), Paul R. Krugman (Author)

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  Hardcover
  1997

  $3.47

  Focusing on international economics, this work provides an analytical framework for understanding the international economy. The first half of the text deals with trade, the second half with the monetary aspect of international economics. Each half starts with a step-by-step formulation of the analytical model, followed by applications chpaters, where the model is applied to issues and policy questions.

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  Paperback
  2008

  $3.47

  Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman and renowned researcher Maurice Obstfeld set the standard for international economics courses with the text that remains the market leader in the U.S. and around the world.
  
  International Economics: Theory and Policy is a proven approach in which each half of the book leads with an intuitive introduction to theory and follows with self-contained chapters to cover key policy applications. The Eighth Edition integrates the latest research, data, and policy in hot topics such as outsourcing, economic geography, trade and environment, financial derivatives, the subprime crisis, and China's exchange rate policies.
  
  New for the Eighth Edition, all end-of-chapter problems are integrated into MyEconLab, the online assessment and tutorial system that accompanies the text. Students get instant, targeted feedback, and instructors can encourage practice without needing to grade work by hand. For more information visit MyEconLab.

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  Hardcover
  1993

  $6.27

  Using a step-by-step approach, the text builds a unified framework international economics. It includes three new chapters covering regional economic issues (including location theory), optimum currency areas and the European Community, and the problems of former communist countries in the transition to a market economy. Topical new applications include the US oilseed dispute with Europe, the BCCI scandal, Third-World debt forgiveness and 1980-1993 - disinflation, recovery and the global slump .