Structure Definition When to provide a public good Efficient provision Private provision: free-riding Variable quantities of public good -Efficient amount Free-riding problem How to provide public goods? Demand revelation
How Should a Monopoly Price? So far a monopoly has been thought of as a firm which has to sell its product at the same price to every customer. This is uniform pricing. Can price-discrimination-(差别定价 ) earn monopoly higher profits?
Introduction A Standard Model of Trading Economy International Transfers of Income: Shifting the RD Curve Tariffs and Export Subsidies: Simultaneous Shifts in RS and RD Summary Appendix: Representing International Equilibrium with Offer Curves
Chapter organization Introduction International Labor mobility International Borrowing and Lending Direct Foreign Investment and Multinational Firms Summary Appendix: More on Intertemporal Trade
Chapter Organization Introduction The Case for Free Trade National Welfare Arguments against Free Trade Income Distribution and Trade Policy International Negotiations and Trade Policy Summary Appendix: Proving that the Optimum Tariff is Positive