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International investment and multinational corporations
International investment environment
Political environment: stability, policies, and regulations that affect foreign investment.
New trade theory departs from the assumption of perfect competition and focuses on the role of increasing returns to scale and monopolistic competition.
Classical trade theory posits that specialization in production based on comparative advantage results in increased production and consumption in all countries.
关税是一种税收,由政府对进口商品征收,以增加进口成本并保护国内产业。
关税定义
关税种类
关税作用
包括基本关税、附加关税、反倾销关税和报复性关税等。
通过提高进口商品价格,降低国内市场的竞争压力,保护国内产业和就业。
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出口补贴是指政府给予出口企业的财政补贴,以降低出口成本,增加出口量。
出口补贴定义
Balance of trade
The balance of trade is a crucial component of the international balance of payments. It measures the value of a country's exports minus the value of its imports. A positive balance of trade indicates that a country is exporting more goods and services than it is importing, while a negative balance of trade indicates the opposite.
International investment and multinational corporations
International investment environment
Political environment: stability, policies, and regulations that affect foreign investment.
New trade theory departs from the assumption of perfect competition and focuses on the role of increasing returns to scale and monopolistic competition.
Classical trade theory posits that specialization in production based on comparative advantage results in increased production and consumption in all countries.
关税是一种税收,由政府对进口商品征收,以增加进口成本并保护国内产业。
关税定义
关税种类
关税作用
包括基本关税、附加关税、反倾销关税和报复性关税等。
通过提高进口商品价格,降低国内市场的竞争压力,保护国内产业和就业。
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02
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出口补贴是指政府给予出口企业的财政补贴,以降低出口成本,增加出口量。
出口补贴定义
Balance of trade
The balance of trade is a crucial component of the international balance of payments. It measures the value of a country's exports minus the value of its imports. A positive balance of trade indicates that a country is exporting more goods and services than it is importing, while a negative balance of trade indicates the opposite.
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Gains from Trade (cont.)
3. Trade benefits countries by allowing them to export goods made with relatively abundant resources and import goods made with relatively scarce resources. 4. When countries specialize, they may be more efficient due to larger-scale production. 5. Countries may also gain by trading current resources for future resources (international borrowing and lending) and due to international migration.
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Gains from Trade (cont.)
2. How could a country that is the moБайду номын сангаасt (least)
efficient producer of everything gain from trade?
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Countries use finite resources to produce what they are most productive at (compared to their other production choices), then trade those products for goods and services that they want to consume. Countries can specialize in production, while consuming many goods and services through trade.
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• Let’s assume that each unit of cloth production uses labor services intensively and each unit of food production uses land intensively:
aLC /aTC > aLF/aTF Or aLC /aLF > aTC /aTF Or, we consider the total resources used in each industry
Unit factor requirements can vary at every quantity of cloth and food that could be produced.
Fig. 4-2: The Production Possibility Frontier with Factor Substitution
and say that cloth production is labor intensive and food production is land intensive if LC /TC > LF /TF.
• This assumption influences the slope of the production possibility frontier:
• The Heckscher-Ohlin theory:
Emphasizes resource differences as the only source of trade Shows that comparative advantage is influenced by:
• Relative factor abundance (refers to countries)相对要素充裕度 • Relative factor intensity (refers to goods)相对要素密集度 Is also referred to as the factor-proportions theory(要素比例理论)
aLC /aTC > aLF/aTF Or aLC /aLF > aTC /aTF Or, we consider the total resources used in each industry
Unit factor requirements can vary at every quantity of cloth and food that could be produced.
Fig. 4-2: The Production Possibility Frontier with Factor Substitution
and say that cloth production is labor intensive and food production is land intensive if LC /TC > LF /TF.
• This assumption influences the slope of the production possibility frontier:
• The Heckscher-Ohlin theory:
Emphasizes resource differences as the only source of trade Shows that comparative advantage is influenced by:
• Relative factor abundance (refers to countries)相对要素充裕度 • Relative factor intensity (refers to goods)相对要素密集度 Is also referred to as the factor-proportions theory(要素比例理论)
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Critics Possible only for short term Assuming static world economy
Chapter 1 Classical Theories of International Trade
1.1 Mercantilism 1.2 Trade Based on Absolute Advantage: Adam Smith 1.3 Trade Based on Comparative Advantage: David
1.3 Trade Based on Comparative Advantage: David Ricardo
Mutually beneficial trade can occur even when one country is absolutely more efficient in the production of all goods.
Cost differences govern the international movement of goods. The concept of cost is founded upon the labor theory of value.
1.2 Trade Based on Absolute Advantage: Adam Smith
U.S.
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The U.S. has an absolute advantage in iPad production; its iPad workers' productivity (output per worker hour) is higher than that of the U.K, which leads to lower costs (less labor required to produce a set of iPad).
Chapter 1 Classical Theories of International Trade
1.1 Mercantilism 1.2 Trade Based on Absolute Advantage: Adam Smith 1.3 Trade Based on Comparative Advantage: David
1.3 Trade Based on Comparative Advantage: David Ricardo
Mutually beneficial trade can occur even when one country is absolutely more efficient in the production of all goods.
Cost differences govern the international movement of goods. The concept of cost is founded upon the labor theory of value.
1.2 Trade Based on Absolute Advantage: Adam Smith
U.S.
15 sets
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The U.S. has an absolute advantage in iPad production; its iPad workers' productivity (output per worker hour) is higher than that of the U.K, which leads to lower costs (less labor required to produce a set of iPad).
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也就是说,两个国家GDP越大、距离越近, 则预期两国贸易额越大
International Economic Theories and Policies ■ International Trade Theory 国际贸易理论
■ Analyzes the basis of and the gains from international trade.
FIGURE 1-3 Imports and Exports as a Percentage of U.S. GDP, 1965-2001.
Salvatore: International Economics, 10th Edition © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
■ 1980 to present
■ Most pervasive and dramatic period of globalization 全球化最广泛和剧烈的阶段
■ Fueled by improvements in telecommunications and transportation 受益于电信和运输极大改善
imports and exports of goods and services to GDP 用一国商品和服务进出口总值比上GDP的比值来 粗略衡量
Salvatore: International Economics, 10th Edition © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Salvatore: International Economics, 10th Edition © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
International Trade and the Nation’s Standard of Living
International Economic Theories and Policies ■ International Trade Theory 国际贸易理论
■ Analyzes the basis of and the gains from international trade.
FIGURE 1-3 Imports and Exports as a Percentage of U.S. GDP, 1965-2001.
Salvatore: International Economics, 10th Edition © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
■ 1980 to present
■ Most pervasive and dramatic period of globalization 全球化最广泛和剧烈的阶段
■ Fueled by improvements in telecommunications and transportation 受益于电信和运输极大改善
imports and exports of goods and services to GDP 用一国商品和服务进出口总值比上GDP的比值来 粗略衡量
Salvatore: International Economics, 10th Edition © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Salvatore: International Economics, 10th Edition © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
International Trade and the Nation’s Standard of Living
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I m a Computer Science student. Recently, I took an economics course titled "International Trade". This book is the text book for our class. I found it very easy and clear to understand ( there is no doubt that you really need to have a very solid Idea about macro and micro economics before reading this kind of a book). The book is deep enough to serve as an educational media, it is no to little and not too much. I recommend this book
International Economics: Theory and Policy,8/e Paul R. Krugman, professor at MIT- Princeton University,
Nobel Laureate for Economics in 2008 Maurice Obstfeld, professor at UCLA, MA(Cambridge)Ph.D(MIT)
Enhance the understanding of various economies of the world and their interdependence.
Provide a framework to explore the knowledge of macroeconomic issues in open economy with reagrads to its theoretical and practical implications of the international competition.
International Economics: Theory and Policy,8/e Paul R. Krugman, professor at MIT- Princeton University,
Nobel Laureate for Economics in 2008 Maurice Obstfeld, professor at UCLA, MA(Cambridge)Ph.D(MIT)
Enhance the understanding of various economies of the world and their interdependence.
Provide a framework to explore the knowledge of macroeconomic issues in open economy with reagrads to its theoretical and practical implications of the international competition.
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Elasticity Approach
Marshall-Lerner Condition o depreciation will improve trade balance if nation’s demand elasticity for imports plus foreign demand elasticity for that nation’s expห้องสมุดไป่ตู้rts is greater than 1
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Exchange Rate Pass Through
o o complete pass through – import prices change by full proportion of change in exchange rates partial pass through – percentage change in import prices is less than percentage change in exchange rate
Exchange Rate Effect on Costs and Prices o assume: some costs denominated in francs o assume: appreciation of dollar
o costs increase but not as much as if all costs were denominated in dollars
Exchange-rate adjustment and the BOP
Automatic mechanisms may restore balance-of-payments equilibrium, but at the cost of recession or inflation As an alternative, governments allow exchange rates to change
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TABLE 10.4 U.S. balance of payments, 1980–2008 (billions of dollars)
Note that the U.S. has been competitive in services such as Transportation,
engineering, brokers’ commissions, certain health care services
Trade and Balance of Payments
Goals of chapter
• Relationship between trade and macroeconomics
• Expenditure-switching versus expenditurereducing policies
– However, it could eventually become a problem
• If interest rates rise because the economy is booming and the high government debt could crowd out private investment
Which came first, the chicken or egg?
• The “saving glut” version: Savings in China,
Japan and Germany are too high compared to
their domestic investment opportunities
Describe what you see in this slide
What about this one?
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• Should government intervene trade? ----------------Trade policy
HOW TO STUDY THE COURSE
• Review Micro-economics
Demand and supply; elasticity; margin; consumer and producer’s behavior
• LISTENING AND WATCHING IS FAR BEYOND ENOUGH!
• DRAW THE DIAGRAMS WITH THE TEACHER TOGETHER!
PART I: International Trade Theories
• The classical theory of trade
• Very early trade theory----Mercantilism • Export volume should more than import • Country’s wealth is composed by the metal such as gold and silver • International trade is a Zero-sum game • No country could cast off Mercantilism
WHAT IS THE COURSE
• A very theoretical one
• Application of Micro-economics & Macroeconomics between countries
What we will Байду номын сангаасtudy
• Why trade occur between countries? ----------------Trade theory
HOW TO STUDY THE COURSE
• Review Micro-economics
Demand and supply; elasticity; margin; consumer and producer’s behavior
• LISTENING AND WATCHING IS FAR BEYOND ENOUGH!
• DRAW THE DIAGRAMS WITH THE TEACHER TOGETHER!
PART I: International Trade Theories
• The classical theory of trade
• Very early trade theory----Mercantilism • Export volume should more than import • Country’s wealth is composed by the metal such as gold and silver • International trade is a Zero-sum game • No country could cast off Mercantilism
WHAT IS THE COURSE
• A very theoretical one
• Application of Micro-economics & Macroeconomics between countries
What we will Байду номын сангаасtudy
• Why trade occur between countries? ----------------Trade theory
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D = C+I+G+CA
C=C(Yd) =C(Y-T) CA=CA(EP*/P,Yd) =CA(EP*/P, Y – T)
D= C(Y – T) + I + G + CA(EP*/P, Y – T)
more simply
D = D(EP*/P, Y – T, I, G)
Aggregate demand is a function of real exchange rate (EP*/P)
1.2 Determinants of Current Account
CA is determined by two main factors: real exchange rate: (q=EP*/P in chapter 13)
affect the current account by reflecting changes in the prices of domestic goods and services relative to foreign.
q=EP*/P
q (real exchange rate ) is domestic currency real exchange rate against foreign currency E (the nominal exchange rate) is the price of foreign currency in terms of domestic, P* is the foreign price level P is the home price level
when output market equilibrium exchange rate and output figure 16-3 illustrates:with fixed P* and P domestic currency against foreign currency↘ ( a rise in E from E1 to E2) oreign goods and services more expensive and CA↗,and aggregate demand schedule upward from D1 to D2 because D upward ,Output expands from Y1 to Y2 as firms find themselves faced with excess demand . analyze the effects of a change in P* or P on output rise in the real exchange rate EP*/P (whether due to a rise in E, a rise in P*, or a fall in P) will cause an upward shift in the aggregate demand function and an expansion of output, all else equal. fall in EP*/P, will cause a downward shift in aggregate demand function and output to contract, all else equal.
C=C(Yd) =C(Y-T) CA=CA(EP*/P,Yd) =CA(EP*/P, Y – T)
D= C(Y – T) + I + G + CA(EP*/P, Y – T)
more simply
D = D(EP*/P, Y – T, I, G)
Aggregate demand is a function of real exchange rate (EP*/P)
1.2 Determinants of Current Account
CA is determined by two main factors: real exchange rate: (q=EP*/P in chapter 13)
affect the current account by reflecting changes in the prices of domestic goods and services relative to foreign.
q=EP*/P
q (real exchange rate ) is domestic currency real exchange rate against foreign currency E (the nominal exchange rate) is the price of foreign currency in terms of domestic, P* is the foreign price level P is the home price level
when output market equilibrium exchange rate and output figure 16-3 illustrates:with fixed P* and P domestic currency against foreign currency↘ ( a rise in E from E1 to E2) oreign goods and services more expensive and CA↗,and aggregate demand schedule upward from D1 to D2 because D upward ,Output expands from Y1 to Y2 as firms find themselves faced with excess demand . analyze the effects of a change in P* or P on output rise in the real exchange rate EP*/P (whether due to a rise in E, a rise in P*, or a fall in P) will cause an upward shift in the aggregate demand function and an expansion of output, all else equal. fall in EP*/P, will cause a downward shift in aggregate demand function and output to contract, all else equal.
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– Marginal Cost (MC) is the amount it costs the firm to produce one extra unit.
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5.The Theory of Imperfect Competition
▪ Monopoly: A Brief Review
• Marginal revenue
– The extra revenue the firm gains from selling an additional unit
– Its curve, MR, always lies below the demand curve, D.
• Increasing the amount of all inputs used in the
production of any commodity will increase output of that commodity in the same proportion.
▪ In practice, many industries are characterized by
Table 6-1: Relationship of Input to Output for a Hypothetical Industry
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3.Economies of Scale and Market Structure
Slide 6-3
2.Economies of Scale and
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• These transactions involve a physical movement of
goods or a tangible commitment of economic resources.
– Example: The conflict between the United States and
from international competition. • This has created the debate dealing with the costs and benefits of protection relative to free trade.
– Advanced countries’ policies engage in industrial targeting. – Developing countries’ policies promote industrialization:
Slide 1-9
International Economics: Trade and Money
International trade issues
• Part I: International Trade Theory • Part II: International Trade Policy
Slide 1-7
International Economics: Trade and Money
International trade analysis focuses primarily on the
real transactions in the international economy.
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——No factor-intensity reversal
4. Both commodities are produced under constant returns to scale in both nations. ——Economies of scale and international trade
Differentiated Products
Intra-industry trade model
Homogeneous Products
Intra-Industry trade
Take advantage of economies of scale in production to keep unit costs low and benefit consumers with more choices
New International Trade Theory
Chapter 5
Economies of Scale, Imperfect Competition, and International Trade
Complementary Theories for H-O Theory
Practical Basis of Today’s International Trade
Chapter 5 5
Relaxing Assumptions
5. There is incomplete specialization in production in both nations. 6. Tastes are equal in both nations.
7. There is perfect competition in both commodities and factor markets in both nations.
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3rd wave: 1980-present
▪ Growth of emerging markets ▪ international capital movements regain importance
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Economic interdependence
Exports of goods and services as percent of Gross Domestic Product, 2001
Ch 16 Exchange-Rate Systems
Ch 17 Macroeconomic Policy in an Open Economy
Ch18 International Banking: Reserves, Debt and Risk
International Economics
By Robert J. Carbaugh 9th Edition
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Economic interdependence
Interdependence: Impact
Overall standard of living is higher
▪ Access to raw materials & energy not availo goods & components made less expensively elsewhere
International Economics
By Robert J. Carbaugh 9th Edition
Ch 1 The International Economy Ch 2 Foundations of Modern
Trade Theory
Ch 3 International Equilibrium
▪ Growth of emerging markets ▪ international capital movements regain importance
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Economic interdependence
Exports of goods and services as percent of Gross Domestic Product, 2001
Ch 16 Exchange-Rate Systems
Ch 17 Macroeconomic Policy in an Open Economy
Ch18 International Banking: Reserves, Debt and Risk
International Economics
By Robert J. Carbaugh 9th Edition
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Economic interdependence
Interdependence: Impact
Overall standard of living is higher
▪ Access to raw materials & energy not availo goods & components made less expensively elsewhere
International Economics
By Robert J. Carbaugh 9th Edition
Ch 1 The International Economy Ch 2 Foundations of Modern
Trade Theory
Ch 3 International Equilibrium
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Adam Smith’s Principle
• Adam Smith’s principle—countries should specialize in the production of goods in which they have an absolute advantage.
Model
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Mercantilism
• A system of government institutions and policies designed to restrict international trade
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Adam Smith
• Argued that mercantilism lowered a country’s standard of living.
• Advocated free international trade. • Emphasized advantages of specialization
• Absolute advantage is the ability of a country to produce a good using fewer productive inputs than is possible anywhere else in the world.
• Refer to Table 3.1 • Since country A’s workers can produce S in
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Technical Progress
All technical progress reduces the amount of both labor and capital required to produce any given level of output.
Three different types of Hicksian technical progress:
Growth of Factors of Production
The Rybczynski Theorem
At constant commodity prices, an increase in the ende by a greater proportion the output of the commodity intensive in that factor and will reduce the output of the other commodity.
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Technical Progress
All technical progress reduces the amount of both labor and capital required to produce any given level of output.
The production frontier will shift out evenly in all directions at the same rate at which technical progress takes place.
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Double-entry
o IBM sells $25 million worth of computers to a German importer. o Payment is made by a bill of exchange, which increases the balances of New York banks at their Bonn correspondents’ bank. o Because the export involves a transfer of U.S. assets abroad for which payment is to be received, it is entered in the U. S. balance of payments as a credit transaction. o IBM’s receipt of payment held in the German bank is classified as a short-term financial movement because the financial claims of the United States against the German bank have increased.
16.6
-68.2
$-541.8
US Balance
Capital & financial account
Capital account transactions, net -3.1 Financial account transactions, net 579.0 Statistical discrepancy -34.1 Balance on capital & financial account $541.8
Double-entry
o debit – payment to foreign source o merchandise imports o transportation & travel expenditures o gifts to foreign residents o foreign investment by U.S. residents
Double-entry
o Even though the entire balance of payments must numerically balance by definition, it does not necessarily follow that any single subaccount or subaccounts of the statement must balance.
Double-entry
o A surplus occurs when the balance on a subaccount (subaccounts) is positive;
o A deficit occurs when the balance is negative.
US Balance of Payments, 2003 ($ bill.)
-549.4
59.2 -490.2
US Balance of Payments, 2003 ($ bill.) Current account
Income receipts & payments investment income, net 21.9 employee compensation -5.3 All income, net Unilateral transfers, net US Government grants -21.8 US Government pensions -5.3 Private remittances -41.1 All unilateral transfers Balance on current account
Current account
Merchandise trade exports $713.8 imports -1,263.2 Net Services Travel & transport, net -9.3 Military transactions, net -10.9 Royalties & license fees 28.0 other services, net 51.4 All services, net Balance on goods & services
Balance of Payments
Chapter 10
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Balance of Payments
o definition – a record of the economic transactions between the residents of one country and the rest of the world . o Nations keep record of their balance of payments over the course of a one-year period; o the United States and some other nations also keep such a record on a quarterly basis.
o All transactions are either debit or credit transactions
o Credit transactions result in receipt of payment from abroad o Merchandise exports o Transportation and travel receipts
o aid given by U.S. government
Double-entry
o Every international transaction involves an exchange of assets and so has both a credit and a debit side. o Each credit entry is balanced by a debit entry, and vice versa, so that the recording of any international transaction leads to two offsetting entries. o In other words, the balance-of-payments accounts utilize a double-entry accounting system.
Balance of Payments
o what is meant of resident? o Residents include businesses, individuals, and government agencies that make the country in question their legal domicile. o Although a corporation is considered to be a resident of the country in which it is incorporated, its overseas branch or subsidiary is not. o Military personnel, government diplomats, tourists, and workers who emigrate temporarily are considered residents of the country in which they hold citizenship.
Double-entry
o Income received from investments abroad
o Gifts received from foreign residents o Aid received from foreign governments o Local investments by overseas residents
Current Account
o definition – monetary value of transactions in goods, services, income flows and unilateral transfers o merchandise trade balance – includes all goods that U.S. exports or imports o surplus (positive balance) implies exports > imports o deficit (negative balance) implies imports > exports o goods and services balance – services added to merchandise trade balance
o For instance, total merchandise exports may or may not be in balance with total merchandise imports.
o When reference is made to a balance-of-payments surplus or deficit, it is particular subaccounts of the balance of payments that are referred to, not the over all value.