Master VWL WS 2011/12  

International Trade

Dozent: Prof. Dr. Gunther Schnabl
Tutor: José Abad
Termin: Donnerstag, 11.15 - 12.45 Uhr
Beginn: 13. Oktober 2011
Unterrichtssprache: Englisch
Ort: Seminarraum 06, Institutsgebäude (I129)
Leistungsnachweise: Klausur
Erasmus Students: Guidelines

Contents and Slides

1.

The Basic Trade Model and Terms of Trade

13.10.2011

2.

Absolute and Comparative Advantage (13:15 - 14:45, SR 4)

14.10.2011

3.

Factor Endowment Model by Heckscher / Ohlin

27.10.2011

4.

Imperfect Competition, Scale Effects and Product Variety

03.11.2011

5.

Resource Trade, Outsourcing and Product Fragmentation

10.11.2011

6.

International Factor Movement: Labour and Capital (17:15 - 18:45, SR 6)

15.11.2011

7.

Instruments of Trade Policy

01.12.2011

8.

Guest Speaker: Dr. Ulrich Volz (Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik, Bonn) - "The Role of China in East Asia and the World Economy" (17:00 - 19:00, Hörsaal 16)

09.12.2011

9.

Trade Policy and Imperfect Competition

15.12.2011

10.

Political Economy of Trade Policy

05.01.2012

11.

Trade Controls in Practice

12.01.2012

12.

Trade Policy in Developing Countries

19.01.2012

13.

Controversies in Trade Policy

26.01.2012

14.

Questions and Answers

02.02.2012

Written Exam

08.02.2012

Reading list

The reading list contains obligatory (*) and facultative readings. Students are encouraged to follow the ongoing debate on international trade as reported in the Economist, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung and Financial Times, or the news on the WTO website.

Basic literature
Krugman, Paul / Obstfeld, Maurice / Melitz, Marc 2011: International Economics: Theory and Policy, 9th. edition, Boston.
Caves, Richard / Frankel, Jeffrey / Jones, Ronald 2007: World Trade and Payments: An Introduction, 10th edition, Boston

letzte Änderung: 25.01.2012