International Economics, Spring 2012
Lecturer: Jakob Roland Munch
E-mail: Jakob.Roland.Munch@econ.ku.dk
Phone: 35323019
Time and place:
Wednesdays 13-16 in CSS 18.01.11
Exam:
Three hours closed book written exam.
Date: June 29th
Readings:
Main textbook:
Paul Krugman, Maurice Obstfeld and Marc Melitz (2012): International Economics,
9th edition.
Course plan, reading list and downloadable course material may be found at the Absalon course home page (access through KUnet).
Lecture plan:
| No. | Date | Topic | Required readings | Supplementary readings |
| 1 | 8/2 | Introduction | KOM chapter 1, 2 | |
| 2 | 15/2 | Traditional trade theory | KOM chapter 3, 4 | |
| 3 | 22/2 | Traditional trade theory | KOM chapter 4, 5 | Card (1990), Schott (2004) |
| 4 | 29/2 | Traditional trade theory New trade theory |
KOM chapter 6, 7, 8 (p. 185-210) | |
| 5 | 7/3 | New trade theory Guest lecture: Dan Nguyen |
Krugman (1979) | |
| 6 | 14/3 | New trade theory | Brander & Krugman (1983) | |
| 7 | 21/3 | New trade theory Optimum Currency Areas |
Brander & Krugman (1983) KOM chapter 20 Rose (2000) |
Friberg & Ganslandt (2006) |
| 8 | 28/3 | Optimum Currency Areas Trade Policy |
Rose (2000) KOM chapter 9, 10 |
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| 4/4 | Easter break | |||
| 9 | 11/4 | Trade Policy | KOM chapter 10, 11 | Rodriguez & Rodrik (2000) Young (1995) |
| 10 | 18/4 | Trade Policy | KOM chapter 12 Brander & Spencer (1985) |
Edmonds & Pavcnik (2005) |
| 11 | 25/4 | Multinationals and Offshoring | KOM chapter 8 (p. 210-217) Barba Navaretti & Venables (2004), p. 1-22, 49-64 |
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| 2/5 | No lecture: work on term paper | |||
| 12 | 9/5 | Multinationals and Offshoring | Barba Navaretti & Venables (2004), p.
49-64 Feenstra and Hanson (2003) |
Brainard (1997) |
| 13 | 16/5 | Multinationals and Offshoring | Feenstra and Hanson (2003) | Hummels et al. (2011) |
| 14 | 23/5 | Term paper and how to prepare for the exam |