GROUPS
Type Group Time Room
Magistral 60 L 12:30-14:00 10.2.12
Reducida 60 J 14:15-15:45 10.1.4
Reducida 61 J 12:30-14:00 10.1.5
Reducida 68 J 14:15-15:45 7.1.7
Instructor: Sergi Basco (magistral), Yufei Deng (red: 60 y 61), Danilo Aristizabal (red: 68)
Office Hours: To be scheduled by the instructors.
HANDBOOK
Krugman, P., M. Obstfeld and M.Melitz, 2015, International Economics, 10th edition, Pearson Education.
GRADING
Final: 60%
"Evaluación continua": 40% (problem sets and class participation 10%, midterm 30%).
SCHEDULE
1.- Ricardian Model
SECT1 (26 January): Ricardo: Theory (Sections 1, 2 y 3 of Slides Ricardo)
LECT1 (30 January): Ricardo: Exercises I (Section 4 of Slides Ricardo)
2.- Heckscher-Ohlin Model
LECT2 (6 February): Heckscher-Ohlin: Theory I (until Stolper-Samuelson Theorem in Slides Heckscher-Ohlin)
SECT2 (2 February): Ricardo: Exercises II (Exercises 1: Ricardo, exercises 1-3)
3.- Heckscher-Ohlin Model (cont'd)
LECT3 (13 February): Heckscher-Ohlin: Theory II (from Alternative analysis of Stolper-Samuelson until gains from trade in Slides Heckscher-Ohlin)
SECT3 (9 February): Ricardo: Exercises III (Exercises 1: Ricardo, exercises 4-5)
4.- Heckscher-Ohlin Model
LECT4 (20 February): Heckscher-Ohlin: Theory III (rest of Section 3 in Slides Heckscher-Ohlin)
SECT4 (16 February): Heckscher-Ohlin: Exercises I (Exercises 2: Heckscher-Ohlin, exercises 2 and 3)
5.- Trade, growth and transfers
LECT5 (27 February): Trade, growth and transfers: Theory (Slides Trade, growth and transfers)
SECT5 (23 February): Heckscher-Ohlin: Exercises II (Exercises 2: Heckscher-Ohlin, exercises 1 and 4)
6.- Trade and imperfect competition
LECT6 (6 March): International trade and imperfect competition: Theory I (Sections 1 and 2.1 in Slides imperfect competition)
SECT6 (2 March): Trade, growth and transfers: Exercises (Exercises 3: Trade, growth and transfers)
SECT7 (9 March): International trade and imperfect competition: Exercises I (Exercises 4: Monopolistic competition)
7.- Midterm
LECT7 (13 March): Midterm Exam
8.- Trade and imperfect competition (cont'd)
SECT8 (16 March): International trade and imperfect competition: Theory II (Sections 2.2. and 2.3 in Slides imperfect competition)
SECT9 (23 March): International trade and imperfect competition: Exercises II (Exercises 5: Dumping)
9.- Factor mobility
LECT9 (27 March): Mobility of capital and labor: Theory I (Slides on capital and labor mobility)
SECT10 (30 March): Mobility of capital and labor: Exercises I (Exercises 6: Labor Mobility)
10.- Factor mobility (cont'd)
LECT10 (3 April): Mobility of capital and labor: Theory II (Slides on capital and labor mobility)
SECT11 (6 April): Mobility of capital and labor: Exercises II (Exercises 7: Capital Mobility)
11.- Trade policy
SECT12 (20 April): Trade policy: Theory I (Slides on trade policy)
LECT11 (24 April): Trade policy: Theory II (Slides on trade policy)
12.- Trade policy (cont'd)
SECT13 (27 April): Trade policy: Exercises I (Exercises 8: Trade Policy)
SECT14 (4 May): Trade policy: Exercises II (Exercises 8: Trade Policy)
13 - Economic Geography and Unequal Development
LECT12 (8 May) : Economic Geography and Unequal Development: Theory (Slides on unequal development)