Trade, growth, and inequality / Christopher Bliss.

This advanced text successfully links the two fields of trade theory and economic development. It combines mathematical rigour with an exceptional breadth of approaches, including institutions, history and comparative economics. Uniquely, the book focuses not only on countries participating in globa...

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Main Author: Bliss, C. J., 1940-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2007.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Trade in an unequal world
  • Why the poor stay poor
  • Convergence in theory and practice
  • Competitive trade theory
  • High-dimension models
  • Participation and comparative advantage
  • Institutions, failing states, and corruption
  • The real exchange rate
  • Mobile factors and urbanization
  • International trade rules, politics, and the environment
  • Trade, and growth, and catching-up
  • Two models of growth and the resource curse
  • Unequal trade and trade between the unequal
  • Conclusions and unresolved issues.