Writings on international economics
By: Jagdish Bhagwati ; edited by V.N. Balasubramanyam.
Contributors: Balasubramanyam, V. N.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Delhi
Language: eng
Number of pages: 606
Subjects: International economic relations.; Economic development.; Commercial policy.; Free trade.; India -- Economic conditions -- 1947-
Description: "This book presents the major articles of one of the most influential economists in the world today - Jagdish Bhagwati."--BOOK JACKET.

"This collection brings together his important, some of them hitherto inaccessible, theoretical writings on international trade, economics of brain drain, and trade in services. Include here are early writings on trade theory that extended the Ricardian and Heckscher-Ohlin-Samuelson theorems in a new directions, and his celebrated article on immiserizing growth. He also analyses the reasons for the growth of regionalism and the hazards it poses to free multilateral trade."--BOOK JACKET.

"The twenty-seven essays selected reflect not just the breadth of Professor Bhagwati's work, but his belief that economics is not only fun but should also have the serious purposes of influencing policy. These are the writings of one economist who has succeeded in that attempt."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.