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Positive and Normative Analysis in International Economics

Essays in Honour of Hiroshi Ohta

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  • © 2012

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Editors:
  1. Murray C. Kemp

    1. University of New South Wales, Australia

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  2. Hironobu Nakagawa

    1. Aoyama Gakuin University, Tokyo, Japan

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  3. Tatsuya Uchida
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This volume addresses profound issues in international economics, with contributions from leading researchers on the implications of trade. Empirical studies address preferential trading arrangements, global imbalances and exchange rates, facilitating an understanding of how the economy functions and enabling detailed policy evaluation.

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Murray C. Kemp, Hironobu Nakagawa, Tatsuya Uchida
      Pages 1-4

  3. Positive and Normative Analysis in International Economics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 5-5
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    2. Normative Trade Theory

      • Murray C. Kemp
      Pages 7-16

    3. The Moral Scientific Nature of Stolper–Samuelson’s Proposal to ‘Bribe’ for Free Trade

      • Hiroshi Ohta
      Pages 17-36

    4. Innovations and International Trade

      • Michihiro Ohyama
      Pages 37-53

    5. Comparative Cost and Factor Endowments: Ricardo and Ohlin

      • Bjarne S. Jensen
      Pages 54-83

    6. Social Welfare and Pareto Improvement

      • Martin C. McGuire
      Pages 84-100

  4. Perspectives in the Theory of International Trade

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 101-101
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    2. The Welfare Effect of International Cost Harmonization

      • Anthony Creane, Kaz Miyagiwa
      Pages 103-116

    3. Capacity Constraint, Export Subsidies and World Recession

      • Hong Hwang, Chao-Cheng Mai, Ya-Po Yang
      Pages 117-137

    4. Subcontracting or Exporting with Flexible Manufacturing

      • Wen-Jung Liang, Chao-Cheng Mai
      Pages 138-156

    5. Inward FDI and the Size of the Market: Hosting MNCs or Promoting Domestic Companies?

      • Akinori Tomohara
      Pages 157-171

    6. Unionization and the Environment: A General Equilibrium Approach

      • Chi-Chur Chao, Eden S. H. Yu
      Pages 172-182

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 266-274
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Editors and Affiliations

  • University of New South Wales, Australia

    Murray C. Kemp

  • Aoyama Gakuin University, Tokyo, Japan

    Hironobu Nakagawa

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MURRAY KEMPis Professor Emeritus at the University of New South Wales, Australia. He obtained his Ph.D from the Johns Hopkins University, USA, and taught at McGill University, Canada, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA, and the University of New South Wales, Australia. He has contributed mainly to the pure theory of international trade and to the economics of exhaustible resources.

HIRONOBU NAKAGAWA is Professor of Economics at Aoyama Gakuin University, Japan. He obtained his M.B.A. from New York University, USA, and his Ph.D. in Economics from Columbia University, USA. His research focuses on international macroeconomics and finance. His research has been published in journals such as the Journal of Monetary Economics and Journal of International Money and Finance.

TATSUYA UCHIDA is Professor of Economics at Aoyama Gakuin University, Japan. He obtained his Ph.D. in International Economics from Aoyama Gakuin University. His research interest is in applied microeconomics, especially industrial organization and managerial economics.

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