Positive and Normative Analysis in International Economics: Essays in Honour of Hiroshi Ohta

Front Matter....Pages i-xix
Introduction....Pages 1-4
Front Matter....Pages 5-5
Normative Trade Theory....Pages 7-16
The Moral Scientific Nature of Stolper–Samuelson’s Proposal to ‘Bribe’ for Free Trade....Pages 17-36
Innovations and International Trade....Pages 37-53
Comparative Cost and Factor Endowments: Ricardo and Ohlin....Pages 54-83
Social Welfare and Pareto Improvement....Pages 84-100
Front Matter....Pages 101-101
The Welfare Effect of International Cost Harmonization....Pages 103-116
Capacity Constraint, Export Subsidies and World Recession....Pages 117-137
Subcontracting or Exporting with Flexible Manufacturing....Pages 138-156
Inward FDI and the Size of the Market: Hosting MNCs or Promoting Domestic Companies?....Pages 157-171
Unionization and the Environment: A General Equilibrium Approach....Pages 172-182
Front Matter....Pages 183-183
How Regional Blocs Affect Excluded Countries: The Price Effects of MERCOSUR....Pages 185-210
Global Imbalances and Exchange Rates: Welfare and Policy Implications....Pages 211-220
Regulation, Quality Adjustment, and Relative Price Changes: The Case of the Yen Appreciation Shock of 1985....Pages 221-236
Continued Openness and Reforms for Agriculture in Japan....Pages 237-265
Back Matter....Pages 266-274