Central Bank of Nigeria Library

Trade policy and economic welfare /

Corden, W. M.

Trade policy and economic welfare / - Oxford : Clarendon Press, c1974. - xvi, 423 p. :ill,

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

This book expounds the normative theory of trade policy and complements the author's theory of protection, which dealt with the positive theory. It includes discussion of static and dynamic arguments for protection; effects of trade policies on income distribution, monopoly, x-efficiency, foreign investment and capital accumulation; protection of advanced-technology industries; the choice between tariffs and subsidies as methods of protection

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Free trade.
Protectionism.
Commercial policy.
Industrial policy.

HF1713 / .C693

382.3 / COR