In this Book
- Social Dimensions of U.S. Trade Policies
- Book
- 2010
- Published by: University of Michigan Press
- Series: Studies in International Economics
summary
The contributors to this volume include numerous members of the trade policy community who analyze and discuss the salient social dimensions of U.S. trade policies. These issues include the effects of trade on wage inequality; trade and immigration policy; U.S. trade adjustment assistance policies; the effects of NAFTA on environmental quality; the role of labor standards in U.S. trade policies; the economics of labor standards and the GATT; issues of child labor; and the role of interest groups in the design and implementation of U.S. trade policies.
Chapter authors are Kyle Bagwell, Claude Barfield, George J. Borjas, Drusilla K. Brown, Alan V. Deardorff, Nancy Dunne, Gary S. Fields, John Kirton, Mike Jendrzejczyk, Phyllis Shearer Jones, Edward E. Leamer, Robert Naiman, Gregory K. Schoepfle, Robert W. Staiger, and Robert M. Stern.
Commenters are Steve Beckman, Jagdish Bhagwati, Alan V. Deardorff, Avinash Dixit, Pharis Harvey, David van Hoogstraten, John H. Jackson, Lawrence Mishel, Jack Otero, J. David Richardson, Dani Rodrik, Mark Silbergeld, and T. N. Srinivasan.
Alan V. Deardorff and Robert M. Stern are Professors of Economics and Public Policy, University of Michigan.
Table of Contents
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- 1. Introduction and Overview
- pp. 1-18
- 5. Trade and Environmental Quality
- pp. 129-165
- About the Authors
- pp. 287-295
Additional Information
ISBN
9780472023400
Related ISBN(s)
9780472110995
MARC Record
OCLC
655219941
Pages
304
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No