Course 2006-2007 a.y.

Go to class group/s: 31

GM-LS (6 credits - I sem. - AI) - MM-LS (6 credits - I sem. - AI) - OSI-LS (6 credits - I sem. - AI) - AFC-LS (6 credits - I sem. - AI) - CLAPI-LS (6 credits - I sem. - AI) - CLEFIN-LS (6 credits - I sem. - AI) - CLELI-LS (6 credits - I sem. - AI) - CLEACC-LS (6 credits - I sem. - AI) - DES-LS (6 credits - I sem. - AI) - CLG-LS (6 credits - I sem. - AI)

Course Director:
PAOLO EPIFANI

Course Objectives

The main aim of the course is to give the students some of the skills needed to understand the methodologies most commonly used in research of international trade. This will allow a careful reading of some of the latest works on the globalization of goods and factor markets. The focus of the course is mainly on the applied theory of international trade and the empirical test of trade models. The course is mainly designed for students with a background in microeconomics (intermediate level) and econometrics (basic level).  

Course Content Summary

• Two-sector models and models with a continuum of goods
• Models with increasing returns, imperfect competition and heterogeneous firms
• The gravity equation
• Trade, technology and wages
• Trade negotiations
• Trade policy measures and the political economy of trade policy
• Globalization, growth and convergence
• Foreign direct investment and organization of the firm

Detailed Description of Assessment Methods

Written exam.

Textbooks

• R.C. FEENSTRA, Advanced International Trade. Theory and Evidence, Princeton, Princeton University Press, 2004.
• Additional readings will be available at the beginning of the course.

For further and continuously updated information consult the  IEP web site or contact  S.I.D. - Servizio Informazioni Didattica - Institute of Economics - via Gobbi, 5 - Room 313.

Exam textbooks & Online Articles (check availability at the Library)

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