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International Trade and Globalization
The economics of cross-border trade and integration.
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- How can a customs union make all of its member countries worse off, according to Meade's analysis?
- How do economies of scale and consumer demand for variety explain why countries trade near-identical goods?
- What did Krugman's economic geography work explain about why manufacturing clusters in particular cities?
- What is the Heckscher-Ohlin model, and how does it explain trade patterns beyond what Ricardo's theory accounted for?
- What is the Leontief paradox, and why did it surprise trade economists?
- What is the difference between trade creation and trade diversion, and why did it matter for policymakers?
- What post-war institutions eventually drew on Angell's idea that interdependence deters conflict?
- What was the central argument of Norman Angell's 'The Great Illusion'?
- Why couldn't classical Ricardian trade theory explain why similar countries trade so heavily with each other?
- Why did Hull believe that lowering trade barriers was a moral policy, not just an economic one?