Trade
International Trade (PhD)
This class is designed for advanced PhD students. I cover various topics of international trade, covering both theoretical and empirical methods.
Toolkit
Lecture 1: CES preferences and discrete choice models [slides]
The Gravity Equation in International Trade
Lecture 2: Trade in differentiated goods [slides]
Lecture 3: Heterogeneous firms in international trade [slides]
Lecture 4: Technology differences and Ricardian trade [slides]
Estimation of Trade Models
Lecture 5: Quantitative methods, estimation of gravity models [slides]
Welfare
Lecture 6: Welfare gains (losses) from trade, theory and quantification [slides]
Economic Geography
Lecture 7: Trade within countries, theory and empirics [slides]
Migrations
Lecture 8: Static and dynamic migrations flows between countries, theory and empirics [slides]
Labor Markets
Lecture 9: A trade view of labor markets (not just the impact of trade on labor markets) [slides]
Commuting and Transportation
Lecture 10: Endogenous transportation infrastructures [slides]
Lecture 11: Flows of goods and people within cities
The "China Shock"
Lecture 12: The "China Shock", reduced form and structural estimates
Lecture 13: Shift-share empirical designs
Input-Output Networks
Lecture 14: Importer-exporter networks, buyer-seller networks, and complex production chains
Unconventional Applications
Lecture 15: Leveraging historical data