1st Edition

An Outline of International Price Theories

By Chi-Yuen Wu Copyright 2003
    390 Pages
    by Routledge

    390 Pages
    by Routledge

    Covering the period 1550 - 1939, this book examines the history and development of theories of international pricing and trade.

    The work of the following economists is covered: Locke, Barbon, Vaderlint, Harris, Hume, Smith, Ricardo, Malthus, Bosanquet, Mill, Torrens, Marshall, Haberler, Austin, Stirling, Chevalier, Carines, Jevons, Leslie, Goschen, Bagehot, Wicksell, Sidgwick, Pigou, Viner, Heckscher, Ohlin, Keynes, Taussig, and Pareto.

    The volume includes an extensive Bibliography of each period discussed as well as comprehensive indices of subjects and names.

    Chapter I Introduction; Chapter II The Mercantilistic Theories; Chapter III From David Hume to J. S. Mill: The Development of the Classical Theories; Chapter IV The Classical Theory of International Trade; Chapter V Post-Classical Development of the Monetary Aspects of the Theory of International Price Relationships: 1848–1918; Chapter VI Developments Since 1918: Theories of the Exchanges Under Depreciated Currencies; Chapter VII Developments Since 1918: The Transfer Problem; Chapter VIII Developments Since 1918: Attempts to Extend the Mutual Interdependence Theory of Pricing to the Domain of International Economics; Chapter IX Conclusion;

    Biography

    Chi-Yuen Wu