About the Book
This thoroughly revised second edition of Applied International Trade
presents the leading theoretical and applied methods used in the field
of international trade. It highlights the importance of linking theory to
data and of verifying theoretical predictions through empirical
investigation. The book also draws out and highlights the theoretical
and policy implications that arise from empirical findings.
Features of the second edition include:
? Expanded focus on emerging topics such as firm heterogeneity, intrafirm
trade, and the basis and structure of multinational production
? Increased coverage of gravity models and international factor
movements, including labor migration
? Fully updated presentation and discussion of the most recent empirical
findings, data methods and sources Rigorous and analytical, yet written in an accessible manner with ample
use of graphs throughout, Applied International Trade is an ideal text
for courses at advanced undergraduate and masters level. For instructors: A companion website is available at
www.palgrave.com/economics/AIT2, comprising lecture slides and
an Instructor's Manual with solutions to end-of-chapter problems.
About the Author:
HARRY P. BOWEN Professor and W.R. Holland Chair of International Business and Finance at McColl School of Business, Queens University of Charlotte, USA. A former Fulbright Scholar and an Olin Fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research, he has written extensively on international trade and business in many journals, including American Economic Review, Journal of International Business Studies, Global Strategy Journal, Review of Economics and Statistics, Strategic Management Journal, and Quarterly Journal of Economics.
ABRAHAM HOLLANDER Professor of Economics at the University of Montreal, Canada. His work has been widely published in leading academic journals including European Economic Review, International Journal of Industrial Organization, The American Journal of Agricultural Economics, and Journal of International Economics.
JEAN-MARIE VIAENE Professor of Economics at the Erasmus School of Economics of Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands. He is also Research Fellow at CESifo (Munich) and at the Tinbergen Institute. His research in the area of international economics has been published in many leading academic journals including International Economic Review, Journal of International Economics, European Economic Review, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, and the Journal of International Money and Finance.
HARRY P. BOWEN Professor and W.R. Holland Chair of International Business and Finance at McColl School of Business, Queens University of Charlotte, USA. A former Fulbright Scholar and an Olin Fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research, he has written extensively on international trade and business in many journals, including American Economic Review, Journal of International Business Studies, Global Strategy Journal, Review of Economics and Statistics, Strategic Management Journal, and Quarterly Journal of Economics.
ABRAHAM HOLLANDER Professor of Economics at the University of Montreal, Canada. His work has been widely published in leading academic journals including European Economic Review, International Journal of Industrial Organization, The American Journal of Agricultural Economics, and Journal of International Economics.
JEAN-MARIE VIAENE Professor of Economics at the Erasmus School of Economics of Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands. He is also Research Fellow at CESifo (Munich) and at the Tinbergen Institute. His research in the area of international economics has been published in many leading academic journals including International Economic Review, Journal of International Economics, European Economic Review, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, and the Journal of International Money and Finance.
