Corso di studio in Economia

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS

Anno accademico 2021/2022

Sommario insegnamento

• Obiettivi formativi
• Risultati dell'apprendimento attesi
• Modalità di insegnamento
• Modalità di verifica dell'apprendimento
• Programma
• Testi consigliati e bibliografia
• Strumenti didattici

Obiettivi formativi

The course develops a theoretical framework for understanding the reasons of international trade and the actual problems of international economic policy. We will develop step by step a simple and comprehensive framework, starting from the traditional approaches and moving to the new findings of economic research. It will be our concern to show how the theoretical background matches with the reality and what prescriptions we can derive for policy conduct.

The course uses microeconomic tools extensively, and therefore requires a good understanding of price theory

Risultati dell'apprendimento attesi

At the end of the course the student will be able to graps the main factors leding countries to trade, the reasons why this yield reciprocal benefits, the critical aspects suggesting political corrections to pure free trade.

Modalità di insegnamento

In person classes (unless pandemic crisis will make them impossible). Paractice sessions. I will make some recordings of the classes available online.

You are strongly incouraged to attend the classes.

Modalità di verifica dell'apprendimento

One compulsory final written exam.

One optional essay to be submitted by a working group by the end of the course. I will assign topics and form groups. The essay will valued 1-3 points that will be added to the final grade. The essay will grant additional points only if students take the esam in the first available date.

Students who are graded more than 18/30 are invited to consult the professor before 'refusing' the grade.

Programma

PART I - Theory of international trade
1. International trade: an overview
2. Labor productivity and comparative advantages: the Ricardian model
3. Specific factors and income distribution
4. The general model of international trade
5. External and Internal economies of scale and the location of production

PART II - International trade policies
8. The instruments of trade policy
9. The political economy of trade policy
10. Trade Policy Disputes
11. The WTO

I will make class notes and slides accessible online

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