Teaching
Business Environment in Emerging Markets (MSc.M)
Course schedule:
Spring - 6 ECTS (4h/week 14 weeks)
Lectures: Thursdays, 13:15 -17:00
Room: Amphipôle 201
Office hours: Upon request (see assistant)
Professor:
Mélise Jaud
melise.jaud@unil.ch
Office : 501 Internef
Phone : +41 21 692 3693
Assistant:
Alan Asprilla
alan.asprilla@unil.ch
Office : 537 Internef
Phone : +41 21 692 3474
Research Materials
- Doing empirical analysis - Writing a paper: Where do I start? (Donald Davis' advice) (Keith Head's advice)
- Ideas for good seminar or paper presentation (Donald Davis' advice)
- Group projects: Suggestive list of topics Paper template
- Where to get trade and other data xls
Some textbooks
- Markusen, Melvin, Kaempfer and Maskus: “International Trade: Theory and Evidence” Website of textbook
- R. Feenstra “Advanced International Trade: Theory and Evidence” Textbook
- Krugman, P., M. Obstfeld and M. Melitz (2012), “International Economics: Theory and Policy” Textbook
Lectures Slides and Readings
Week 1 : Economic perspectives on globalization Slides
Week 2 : Stata session #1
Week 3 : Understanding and analyzing national competitiveness Slides R. Feenstra Advanced International Trade (Ch1) A Practical Guide to Trade Policy Analysis
Week 4 : Stata session #2
Week 5 : Firms in international trade Slides References to papers cited during the course (advanced readings)
Week 6 : Trade openness and growth Slides
Week 7 : Developing countries' market access Slides
Week 8 : Business climate and trade Slides
Week 9-13 : Group work
Week 14 : Group work presentations