Readings in the theory of international trade / Selected by a Committee of the American Economic Association for this volume Howard S. Ellis and Lloyd A. Metzler ; articles by Ragnar Nurkse, F.W. Paish, Raymond F. Mikesell, Joan Robinson, Fritz Machlup, J.M. Keynes, Bertil Ohlin, Lloyd A. Metzer, William A. Salant, Wassily W. Leontief, Paul A. Samuelson, John H. Williams, Eli Heckscher, Frank D. Graham, Wolfgang F. Stolper, Tibor de Scitovszky, Joan Robinson, Howard S. Ellis, Jacob Viner, J.J. Polak, D.H. Robertson and Gottfried Haberler ; preface Bernard F. Haley.

Preface / By Bernard F. Haley, v -- Introduction / By Howard S. Ellis and Lloyd A. Metzler, vii -- Equilibrium of the balance of payments, 3 -- 1. Conditions of international monetary equilibrium / By Ragnar Nurkse, 3 -- 2. Banking policy and payments / By F. W. Paish, 35 -- 3. The role of the international monetary agreements in a world of planned economies / By Raymond F. Mikesell, 56 -- Foreign exchange rates, 83 -- 4. The foreign exchanges / By Joan Robinson, 83 -- 5. The theory of foreign exchanges / By Fritz Machlup, 104 -- Theory of income transfers and reparations, 161 -- 6. The German transfer problem / By J. M. Keynes, 161 -- 7. The reparation problem: a discussion / By Bertil Ohlin, 170 -- 8. The reparation problem: a discussion / By Lloyd A. Metzler, 179 -- Business cycles and international trade, 201 -- 9. Foreign trade policy in the business cycle / By William A. Salant, 201 -- Price theory and international trade, 229 -- 10. The use of indifference curves in the analysis of foreign trade / By Wassily W. Leontief, 229 -- 11. The gains from international trade / By Paul A. Samuelson, 239 -- 12. The theory of international trade reconsidered / By John H. Williams, 253 -- 13. The effect of foreign trade on the distribution of income / By Eli Heckscher, 272 -- 14. The theory of international values re-examined / By Frank D. Graham, 301 -- Tariffs and the gains from trade, 333 -- 15. Protection and real wages / By Wolfgang F. Stolper and Paul A. Samuelson, 333 -- 16. A reconsideration of the theory of tariffs / By Tibor De Scitovszky, 358 -- Other aspects of commercial policy, 393 -- 17. Beggar-my-neighbour remedies for unemployment / By Joan Robinson, 393 -- 18. Bilateralism and the future of international trade / By Howard S. Ellis,408 -- 19. International relations between national economies / By Jacob Viner, 437 -- International investment and the balance of payments, 459 -- 20. Balance of payments problems of countries reconstructing with the help of foreign loans / By j. J. Polak, 459 -- The future of world trade, 497 -- 21. The future of international trade / By D. H. Robertson, 497 -- 22. The prospects for foreign trade in the post-war world / By Jacob Viner, 514 -- 23. Some factors affecting the future of international trade and international economic policy / By Gottfried Haberler, 530 -- Classified bibliography of articles on international economics / By Howard S. Ellis and Lloyd A. Metzler -- Index to bibliography, 627.