Home > Industry/Domain > Economy > International economics
International economics
International trade theories, policies, finances and their effects on economic activities.
Industry: Economy
Add a new termContributors in International economics
International economics
Free Trade Area of the Americas
Economy; International economics
A preferential trading arrangement being negotiated among most of the countries (all but Cuba) of the western hemisphere.
Frequency ratio
Economy; International economics
A measure of the presence of nontariff barriers, defined as the percentage of a country's tariff lines that are subject to one or a group of NTBs. Contrasts with coverage ratio and tariff equivalent.
Friends and enemies version
Economy; International economics
A weak version of the Stolper-Samuelson Theorem, involving natural friends and enemies, that holds with multiple goods and factors.
Futures contract
Economy; International economics
A binding commitment to buy or sell a commidity or currency on a futures market.
Futures market
Economy; International economics
A market for exchange (of currencies, in the case of the exchange market) in the future. That is, participants contract to exchange currencies, not today, but at a specified calendar date in the ...
Game
Economy; International economics
A theoretical construct in game theory in which players select actions or strategies and the payoffs depend on the actions or strategies of all players.
GATT-Think
Economy; International economics
A somewhat derogatory term for the language of GATT negotiations, in which exports are good, imports are bad, and a reduction in a barrier to imports is a concession. Similar to mercantilism. Due to ...