Putting tariffs on imported goods or setting other barriers to international trade can be tempting for politicians. They assume that many of their constituents

Scholarly survey of current developments, including the Heckscher-Olin theory, and practical applications in commercial policies of Europe and the U.S.A.

During the first three decades following the Second World War, an increasingly open international trading system led to unprecedented economic growth throughout

Milner explores the similarities between the economic conditions of the 1920s and the 1970s, where both Western Europe and the U.S. had high unemploymnet rates

Though globalization has removed commercial walls between countries and implemented new international trade policies, trade barriers still exist. Due to the var