内容简介
本书是一本英文影印版教材，原著International Economics是国外一本经典的国际经济学教材，初版于1953年，先后由著名经济学家Charles Kindleberger、Peter Lindert和Thomas Pugel主笔，迄今已有近60年的悠久历史，其间顺应国际经济形势的发展而不断修改、补充和完善，成为当今世界领先的和最受欢迎的国际经济学教科书之一。
本书根据国内本科“国际贸易”课程双语教学的需要，选取原著第15版国际贸易部分的内容改编而成。第15版为最新版，保持了原著简明易懂，既注重严谨的经济分析，又强调经济政策导向的特点，并紧跟国际贸易理论与实践的发展动态，进行了增补和更新：补充了对近几年来一些重要事件的分析（如全球金融与经济危机对国际贸易的影响）；新增了“全球治理”专栏；丰富了“聚焦中国”专栏的内容；更新了案例及部分章节内容。
本书篇幅适中，定价合理，非常适合本科双语教学使用，同时也可作为从事国际商贸工作者的参考书。

Chapter 1 International Economics Is Different
Four Controversies
Economics and the Nation-State
The Scheme of This Book

PART ONE THE THEORY OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE

Chapter 2 The Basic Theory Using Demand and Supply
Four Questions about Trade
A Look Ahead
Demand and Supply
Case Study Trade Is Important
Global Crisis The Trade Mini-Collapse of 2009
Two National Markets and the Opening of Trade

Chapter 3 Why Everybody Trades: Comparative Advantage 33
Adam Smith’s Theory of Absolute Advantage
Case Study Mercantilism: Older Than Smith—and Alive Today
Ricardo’s Theory of Comparative Advantage
Ricardo’s Constant Costs and the Production-Possibility Curve
Focus on Labor Absolute Advantage Does Matter
Extension What If Trade Doesn’t Balance?

Chapter 4 Trade: Factor Availability and Factor Proportions Are Key
Production with Increasing Marginal Costs
Community Indifference Curves
Production and Consumption Together
Focus on China The Opening of Trade and China’s Shift Out of Agriculture
The Gains from Trade
Trade Affects Production and Consumption
What Determines the Trade Pattern?
The Heckscher–Ohlin (H–O) Theory

Chapter 5 Who Gains and Who Loses from Trade?
Who Gains and Who Loses within a Country
Three Implications of the H–O Theory
Extension A Factor-Ratio Paradox
Does Heckscher–Ohlin Explain Actual Trade Patterns?
Case Study The Leontief Paradox
What Are the Export-Oriented and Import-Competing Factors?
Focus on China China’s Exports and Imports
Do Factor Prices Equalize Internationally?
Focus on Labor U.S. Jobs and Foreign Trade 86

Chapter 6 Scale Economies, Imperfect Competition, and Trade
Scale Economies
Intra-Industry Trade
Monopolistic Competition and Trade
Extension The Individual Firm in Monopolistic
Oligopoly and Trade
Extension The Gravity Model of Trade

Chapter 7 Growth and Trade
Balanced versus Biased Growth
Growth in Only One Factor
Changes in the Country’s Willingness to Trade
Case Study The Dutch Disease and Deindustrialization
Effects on the Country’s Terms of Trade
Technology and Trade
Focus on Labor Trade, Technology, and U.S. Wages

PART TWO TRADE POLICY

Chapter 8 Analysis of a Tariff
Global Governance WTO and GATT: Tariff Success
A Preview of Conclusions
The Effect of a Tariff on Domestic Producers
The Effect of a Tariff on Domestic Consumers
The Tariff as Government Revenue
The Net National Loss from a Tariff
Extension The Effective Rate of Protection
Case Study They Tax Exports, Too
The Terms-of-Trade Effect and a Nationally Optimal Tariff

Chapter 9 Nontariff Barriers to Imports
Types of Nontariff Barriers to Imports
The Import Quota
Global Governance The WTO: Beyond Tariffs
Global Crisis Dodging Protectionism
Extension A Domestic Monopoly Prefers a Quota
Voluntary Export Restraints (VERs)
Other Nontariff Barriers
Case Study VERs: Two Examples
Case Study Carrots Are Fruit, Snails Are Fish, and X-Men Are Not Humans
How Big Are the Costs of Protection?
International Trade Disputes
Focus on China China’s First Decade in the WTO

Chapter 10 Arguments for and against Protection
The Ideal World of First Best
The Realistic World of Second Best
Promoting Domestic Production or Employment
The Infant Industry Argument
Focus on Labor How Much Does It Cost to Protect a Job?
The Dying Industry Argument and Adjustment Assistance
The Developing Government (Public Revenue) Argument
Other Arguments for Protection: Noneconomic Objectives
The Politics of Protection The Basic Elements of the Political-Economic Analysis
Case Study How Sweet It Is (or Isn’t)

托马斯•A•普格尔（Thomas A. Pugel），美国纽约大学斯特恩商学院经济学及国际商务学教授，斯特恩商学院优秀教学奖项目成员。拥有密歇根州立大学经济学学士学位和哈佛大学经济学博士学位。其主要研究及著作领域为国际产业竞争及政府的国际贸易政策和产业政策。普格尔教授曾任日本青山大学客座教授，并在中国工业科技管理大连培训中心任教。他于1991年荣获纽约大学杰出教学奖，并两次被斯特恩商学院评选为“年度教授”。