LEADER 04457nam 2200709 a 450 001 9910823752203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-281-43086-2 010 $a9786611430863 010 $a0-226-23950-0 024 7 $a10.7208/9780226239507 035 $a(CKB)1000000000488663 035 $a(EBL)408613 035 $a(OCoLC)476229889 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000260895 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11237974 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000260895 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10243492 035 $a(PQKB)11022006 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC408613 035 $a(DE-B1597)535840 035 $a(OCoLC)1055416140 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780226239507 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL408613 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10230037 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL143086 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000488663 100 $a19890421d1989 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun#---uu|uu 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aTrade policies for international competitiveness /$fedited by Robert C. Feenstra 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aChicago $cUniversity of Chicago Press$d1989 215 $a1 online resource (276 pages) 225 1 $aNational Bureau of Economic Research conference report 225 1 $aConference report (National Bureau of Economic Research) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-226-23949-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographies and indexes. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$tIntroduction --$t1 Savings Promotion, Investment Promotion, and International Competitiveness --$t2 The Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment in the United States , 1979- 85 --$t3 Can Interindustry Wage Differentials Justify Strategic Trade Policy? --$t4 Dynamic Duopoly with Output Adjustment Costs in International Markets: Taking the Conjecture out of Conjectural Variations --$t5 Differentiated Products, Economies of Scale, and Access to the Japanese Market --$t6 Export Prices and Exchange Rates: An Industry Approach --$t7 U. S . -Canada Bilateral Tariff Elimination: The Role of Product Differentiation and Market Structure --$tContributors --$tAuthor Index --$tSubject Index 330 $aOnce unquestionably the world's leading economic and industrial power, the United States now views with growing dismay the impressive industrial efficiency, vigorous work ethics, and large American holdings of various other nations. Is the United States truly lagging in its ability to compete effectively in world markets? Concern over this question has been voiced in both the business and government sectors, as well as by academic economists. A recent conference, sponsored by the National Bureau of Economic Research, explored the effects of trade policies on a nation's ability to compete in international markets. In Trade Policies for International Competitiveness, Robert C. Feenstra collects seven papers from the conference, each accompanied by discussants' comments, and adds a helpful introduction. Some of the issues considered by contributors are effects of macroeconomic and strategic foreign policies on competitiveness; the recent influx of foreign direct investment in the United States, primarily from Japan; the extent to which Japanese trade patterns are a reflection of underlying factor and endowments rather than trade barriers; and the market structure of Canadian industries, including applications for ongoing U.S.-Canadian free trade negotiations. Topical and provocative, these papers will be of value to economists, policymakers, and those in the business world. 410 0$aNational Bureau of Economic Research conference report. 410 0$aConference report (National Bureau of Economic Research) 606 $aForeign trade promotion$zUnited States$vCongresses 606 $aInvestments, American$vCongresses 606 $aCompetition, International$vCongresses 607 $aUnited States$xCommercial policy$vCongresses 615 0$aForeign trade promotion 615 0$aInvestments, American 615 0$aCompetition, International 676 $a382/.3/0973 701 $aFeenstra$b Robert C$0126602 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910823752203321 996 $aTrade policies for international competitiveness$91142934 997 $aUNINA