Paul Krugman International Trade

This collection of original essays offers a selection of contemporary scholarship intended to help define an agenda for future research in the field of international trade and finance. Written to honor Peter B. Kenen and to explore his work, the volume is divided into three parts: international trade theory, international monetary theory, and applied policy analysis. Also included is an essay by Paul Krugman assessing Kenen's lifetime of scholarly achievements.

Since 1990 there has been a renaissance of theoretical and empirical work on the spatial aspects of the economy–that is, where economic activity occurs and why. Using new tools–in particular, modeling techniques developed to analyze industrial organization, international trade, and economic growth–this "new economic geography" has emerged as one of the most exciting areas of contemporary economics.