International Economics: International Edition - Softcover

Husted, Steven; Melvin, Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0321614909 ISBN 13: 9780321614902

Publisher: Pearson, 2009

Synopsis

For students taking their first course in International Economics.

Capture students’ attention with the issues and real data of today’s most recent policy controversies.

International Economics is an accessible, comprehensive and relevant guide for studying international economics. Using real data and issues that motivate theoretical discussions, this text captures students’ attention and equips them with a practical understanding of major policy questions.

In the eighth edition, there have been extensive updates to data sets and figures, and coverage on a number of current issues has been expanded. In addition, more examples and real-world applications have been provided to improve students’ comprehension and deepen their analysis of challenging theories and applications.   

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Assuming only an introductory knowledge of economics and with its comprehensive coverage of EU economic policies, European Economic Integration is ideally suited for all students taking courses on the economics of the EU as part of an Economics, Business Studies or inter-disciplinary European Studies degree.

With its clear and accessible style and its combination of theory and applications, European Economic Integration provides up-to-date coverage of the most important issues facing European economies as the European Union in the 21st Century. Much has changed in the European Union since publication of the third edition: the euro has successfully been launched and the accession of ten new member states agreed; a Constitutional Convention is in progress which will lay the political and institutional foundations for the Community for decades to come. The Fourth Edition has been substantially revised and updated in order to provide up-to-date coverage of the most important issues facing European economies in the 21st Century.

Key Features

• Comprehensive coverage of economic theory and policy
• Strong coverage of Europe’s external relations
• Boxes within text summarise complicated institutional detail
• Non-mathematical explanation of economic theory and detailed captions to graphs make text accessible to wide readership
• Full list of references and guides to further reading at the end of each chapter provide reader with sources for more in-depth research for seminar preparation and written assignments.

New to Fourth Edition

• Although the structure remains unchanged, the book has been comprehensively revised and updated.
• A number of new contributors have been introduced.
• The Environmental Policy chapter has been rewritten and strengthened.
• The Common Agricultural and Fisheries Policy chapter has been revised and updated to include greater analysis of the political debates surrounding these subjects.
• The political debates within the EU have been updated and cover the expansion of the Community into Central and Eastern Europe and the strains upon the Commission administration and the political decision-making process.

About the Author:

Steven Husted

Professor of Economics, University of Pittsburgh. Ph.D., Michigan State University.  Past experience includes Senior Staff Economist: Council of Economic Advisers; Visiting Scholar: International Monetary Fund; and Visiting Professor: Department of Economics and Research School of the Social Sciences, Australian National University; and Departments of Economics, the University of Glasgow and the University of Strathclyde. Professor Husted’s research interests are in international trade policy and international finance, and he has published scholarly articles in Journal of Political Economy, Review of Economics and Statistics, and other major journals.

 

 

Michael Melvin

Head of Currency Research, Barclays Global Investers and Co-editor, Journal of International Money and Finance. Former Professor of Economics and Dean’s Council Distinguished Scholar, Arizona State University. Ph.D., UCLA. Past experience includes Visiting Scholar: Federal Reserve Board and International Monetary Fund; and Visiting Professor: Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University; Anderson Graduate School of Management, UCLA; Department of Economics, U.C. San Diego, and Pacific Asian Management Institute, University of Hawaii. Professor Melvin’s research interests are in international finance, and he has published scholarly articles in American Economic Review, Journal of Finance, and other major journals.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0321614909
• ISBN 13: 9780321614902
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 576