International Trade with Equilibrium Unemployment / / Steven J. Matusz, Carl Davidson.

While most standard economic models of international trade assume full employment, Carl Davidson and Steven Matusz have argued over the past two decades that this reliance on full-employment modeling is misleading and ill-equipped to tackle many important trade-related questions. This book brings to...

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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2009]
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Year of Publication:2009
Edition:Course Book
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (416 p.) :; 36 line illus. 24 tables.
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Other title:Frontmatter --
CONTENTS --
PREFACE --
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --
Chapter 1. OUR MOTIVATION --
PART 1: NEW INSIGHTS FROM "OLD" TRADE THEORY --
Introduction to Part 1. --
Chapter 2. THE STRUCTURE OF SIMPLE GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODELS WITH FRICTIONAL UNEMPLOYMENT --
Chapter 3. TRADE AND SEARCH-GENERATED UNEMPLOYMENT --
PART 2: COMPLICATIONS --
Introduction to Part 2. --
Chapter 4. MULTIPLE FREE TRADE EQUILIBRIA IN MICRO MODELS OF UNEMPLOYMENT --
Chapter 5. JOBS AND CHOCOLATE: SAMUELSONIAN SURPLUSES IN DYNAMIC MODELS OF UNEMPLOYMENT --
Chapter 6. LONG-RUN LUNACY, SHORT-RUN SANITY: A SIMPLE MODEL OF TRADE WITH LABOR MARKET TURNOVER --
PART 3: EMPIRICS --
Introduction to Part 3. --
Chapter 7. TRADE AND TURNOVER: THEORY AND EVIDENCE --
Chapter 8. TRADE, TURNOVER, AND TITHING --
PART 4: ADJUSTMENT COSTS AND POLICY ISSUES --
Introduction to Part 4. --
Chapter 9. SHOULD POLICY MAKERS BE CONCERNED ABOUT ADJUSTMENT COSTS? --
Chapter 10. AN OVERLAPPING-GENERATIONS MODEL OF ESCAPE CLAUSE PROTECTION --
Chapter 11. TRADE LIBERALIZATION AND COMPENSATION --
Chapter 12. CAN COMPENSATION SAVE FREE TRADE? --
PART 5: NEW INSIGHTS FROM "NEW" TRADE THEORY --
Introduction to Part 5. --
Chapter 13. GLOBALIZATION AND FIRM-LEVEL ADJUSTMENT WITH IMPERFECT LABOR MARKETS --
Chapter 14. OUTSOURCING PETER TO PAY PAUL: HIGH-SKILL EXPECTATIONS AND LOW-SKILL WAGES WITH IMPERFECT LABOR MARKETS --
INDEX
Summary:While most standard economic models of international trade assume full employment, Carl Davidson and Steven Matusz have argued over the past two decades that this reliance on full-employment modeling is misleading and ill-equipped to tackle many important trade-related questions. This book brings together the authors' pioneering work in creating models that more accurately reflect the real-world connections between international trade and labor markets. The material collected here presents the theoretical and empirical foundations of equilibrium unemployment modeling, which the authors and their collaborators developed to give researchers and policymakers a more realistic picture of how international trade affects labor markets, and of how transnational differences in labor markets affect international trade. They address the shortcomings of standard models, describe the empirics that underlie equilibrium unemployment models, and illustrate how these new models can yield vital insights into the relationship between international trade and employment. This volume also includes an indispensable general introduction as well as concise section introductions that put the authors' work in context and reveal the thinking behind their ideas. Economists are only now realizing just how important these ideas are, making this book essential reading for researchers and students.
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9781400832163
9783110442502
DOI:10.1515/9781400832163
Access:restricted access
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: Steven J. Matusz, Carl Davidson.