Basic knowledge in microeconomics

The course aims at offering knowledge on more recent developments in the
international trade theory and in the analysis of trade policies with applications to
real world issues. Students are expected to be able to understand and discuss
international trade and policy issues at a basic level.

1) World Trade: An Overview
2) Labor Productivity and Comparative Advantage: The Ricardian Model
3) Resources and Trade: The Heckscher-Ohlin Model
4) The Standard Trade Model
5) External Economies of Scale and the International Location of Production
6) Firms in the Global Economy: Export Decisions, Outsourcing, and Multinational
Enterprises
7) The Instruments of Trade Policy
8) The Political Economy of Trade Policy
9) Trade Policy in Developing Countries
10) Controversies in Trade Policy

• 1.  (A) Paul R. Krugman, M. Obstfeld, M. Melitz International Economics: Theory and Policy 9/E Prentice Hall, New Jersey, 2012 » Pagine/Capitoli: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

• - Lectures on the theories of international trade and the analisys of trade policies
  - Practical exercises

• - Written exam
  - Oral exam

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