Spring 2018 - ECON 342 D100

International Trade (3)

Class Number: 1710

Delivery Method: In Person

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    Jan 3 – Apr 10, 2018: Mon, 2:30–4:20 p.m.
    Burnaby

  • Exam Times + Location:

    Apr 18, 2018
    Wed, 8:30–11:30 a.m.
    Burnaby

  • Prerequisites:

    ECON 103 or 200 and 105 or 205; 60 units or permission of the department.

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

Topics discussed in this course are: gains from trade in a classical world; the modern theory of international trade; factor price equalization; empirical tests and extensions of the pure theory model; economic growth and international trade; the nature and effects of protection; motives and welfare effects of factor movements; multinational enterprises; the brain drain; customs union theory; pollution control and international trade. Students with credit for ECON 442 cannot take this course for further credit. Quantitative.

COURSE DETAILS:

This course develops approaches to international trade including theories based on technology, factor endowments, and scale economies.  It will also look at trade policy and the political economy that leads to the development and use of instruments such as tariffs and quotas and other forms of regulation.  Trade issues in the context of economic development will be the focus in the latter part of the course.


Week 1: Chapters 1 and 2 and start on Chapter 3 – An Overview of World Trade and Comparative Advantage
Week 2:  Chapter 3 – Technology Based Trade: The Ricardian Model
Week 3 and 4: Chapter 4 – Income Distribution: The Specific Factors Model
Week 4 and 5:  Chapter 5 – Factor Resource Based Trade: The Heckscher-Ohlin Model
Week 6: Chapter 6 - The Standard Model and Factor Mobility
Week 7: Midterm
Week 8 and 9:   Chapter 9 - The Instruments of Trade Policy
Week 9 and 10: Chapter 10 - Political Economy of Trade Policy
Week 11: Chapter 11 - Trade Policy in Developing Countries
Week 12: : Chapter 12 - Trade Policy Controversies
Week 13: Chapters 7 and 8 - Economies of Scale and Firms in the Global Economy

Grading

  • Midterm 25%
  • Final Exam 50%
  • Tutorial attendance and assignments 25%

Materials

REQUIRED READING:

The textbook for this course is a paperback Person Custom product of Krugman, Obstfeld and Melitz, International Economics: Theory and Policy 11th edition (2017). Students will have access to MyEconLab through their purchase which they may find helpful. 

Department Undergraduate Notes:

***  NO TUTORIALS DURING THE FIRST WEEK OF CLASSES***

Students requiring  accomodations as a result of a disability must contact the  Centre for Students with Disabilities  at 778 782 3112 or csdo@sfu.ca 

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