Themes in International Economics

Mats Lundahl

1. Introduction. Part 1. Theories of International Trade. 2. The Rybczynski Theorem under Decreasing Returns to Scale. 3. Staples Trade and Economic Development. 4. Natural Resources, ‘vent-for-surplus’ and the Staples Theory. Part 2. Trade and Development. 5. Spain and the Conquest of America: Profits, Religion and Forced Labor in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries. 6. The External Sector in the Economic Development of Chile: 1850-1955. 7. Export-Led Growth as a Determinant of Social Development in Costa Rica. 8. Some Experiences from Regional Cooperation between Third World Countries. Part 3. Protectionism. 9. Emergency Considerations in Swedish Agriculture: A Retrospective Look. 10. Emergency Policies for Swedish Agriculture. Part 4. Factor Movements and Structural Adjustment. 11. International Migration, Remittances and Real Incomes: Effects on the Source Country. 12. Brain Drain, Illegal Migration and Capital Exports from Less Developed Economies: A Neoclassical Approach. 13. Microeconomic Aid and Macroeconomic Problems. 14. An Evaluation of Swedish Development Cooperation with Nicaragua. 15. Some Experiences of Structural Adjustment in Africa.