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Mayer, Wolfgang, 1943-

International trade policy formation : theory and politics / by Wolfgang Mayer. - Singapore : Wold Scientific, 2013. - xxxviii, 277 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. - World scientific studies in international economics, 1793-3641 .

Includes bibliographical references.

International trade theory -- Short-run and long-run equilibrium for a small open economy -- Variable returns to scale in general equilibrium theory : a comment -- The Rybczynski, Stolper-Samuelson, and factor-price equalization theorems under price uncertainty -- Endogenous labor supply in international trade theory : two alternative models -- International trade policy -- Theoretical considerations on negotiated tariff adjustments -- The national defense tariff argument reconsidered -- The tariff equivalence of import standards -- The infant-export industry argument -- Political economy of trade-policy formation -- Endogenous tariff formation -- Endogenous choice of trade policy instruments -- Voter preferences for trade policy instruments -- Systematic political grass-root support for tariffs -- Age as a determinant of labors trade policy interests -- Interest groups, electoral competition, and probabilistic voting for trade policies -- Designing conditional assistance programs -- The political economy of IMF conditionality : a common agency model -- International financial assistance : a loan mechanism-design approach -- .

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International trade.
Commercial policy.
International economic relations.

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