This volume addresses profound issues in international economics, with contributions from leading researchers on the implications of trade. Empirical studies address preferential trading arrangements, global imbalances and exchange rates, facilitating an understanding of how the economy...

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- I. Introduction -- II. The Statistical Data -- III. The Method of Estimation -- IV. Estimates of the Price and Income Elasticities of Import Demand -- V. The Direction of Future Research -- Appendix I. Statistical Series -- Appendix II. Alternative...

1 Linear Inequalities -- 1 Some Fundamental Theorems -- 2 Linear Programming and Matrix Games -- 3 Convex Sets and Convex Cones -- 4 Nonlinear Programming -- 2 Nonnegative Matrices -- 1 The Perron-Frobenius Theorem -- 2 Power-Nonnegative Matrices -- 3 Some Special Matrices -- 1 P-, NP-, PN-, and...