Course Page
EC 441/641
International Trade and
the Economy
Dr. Tran Huu Dung
254 H Rike
Hall
Office Hours:TTh 11:00 am
- 12:30 pm, W 6:15-6:45 pm, or by appointment
Phone 775-2295 or 775-3070
- FAX: (937) 775-2441 - E-mail: tran.dung@wright.edu
| ABOUT THE FIRST
MIDTERM EXAM:
- From 25 to 30 multiple choice questions. -Covering chapters 1, 2, 3, 4 (concentrating on 2, 3, 4) |
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THD
Winter 2002 TENTATIVE SCHEDULE
| WEEK | DATE | TOPIC | CHAPTER |
| 1 | Jan
2-4 |
An
Introduction to international trade
Tools of analysis for international trade models |
1
2 Readings |
| 2 | Jan
7-11 |
Classical models of international trade | 3
Readings |
| 3 | Jan
14-18 |
The Heckscher-Ohlin Theory | 4
Readings |
| 4 | January
21-25 |
FIRST MIDTERM | 4
Readings |
| 5 | January
28
- Feb 1 |
Tests of Trade Models | 5
Readings |
| 6 | February
4-8 |
Tariffs | 6
Readings |
| 7 | February
11-15 |
Nontariff barriers and Arguments for Protection | 7
Reading 1 Reading 2 |
| 8 | February
18-22 |
Commercial
Policy: History and Practice
SECOND MIDTERM |
8
Reading1 Reading 2 |
| 9 | Feb
25
March 1 |
Preferential Trade Agreements | 9
Reading |
| 10 | March
4-8 |
International Trade and Economic Growth | 10
Reading |
| 11 | FINAL EXAM: | ||
CURRENT EVENTS TO WATCH: Main Sources: Wall Street Jourmal (paid subscription), Wolrd Business page from the New York Times, Financial Times, Washington Post Business Page, Business Week Global Business Section
NEW ARTICLES (access in the New York Times requires (free) registration, please do so)
- Current world economic conditions
- A brewing trade war in steel? Financial Times
- Results of the WTO meeting in Doha (November 15, 2001)
- FINANCE AND DEVELOPMENT
- What's happening in Asia? FEER
- Argentina's Economic Crisis -- Financial Times
U.S. Loses Trade Case to Europeans on Offshore Tax Havens [NYT 1/15/02] Argentina expected to devalue currency {Financial Times 1/3/02] WTO rules against US over rum trademark [Financial Times 1/3/02] Trade, Growth, and Poverty (David Dollar)--See also papers by Dani Rodrik. The clash between Dollar and Rodrik Canada and Mexico Reeling From Slumping U.S. Economy [NYT] 12/17/01 At Last, Europe Gets a Common Currency; Even So, Prices Vary [NYT] 12/17/01 Globalization Marches On, as U.S. Eases Up on the Reins [NYT] 12/17/01--MUST READ Falling Trade Barriers Pose Challenge for China's Economy [NYT] 12/17/01 In Japan, a Lack of Political Will to Act Decisively on Economy [NYT] 12/17/01 Globalization Stirs Asian Dreams, But Rural Poverty Grows [NYT] 12/17/01 South Korea Slips Away From Changes Imposed in Bailout [NYT] 12/17/01 To Little Avail, U.S. Presses for Steel Output Cut Abroad [NYT 12/18/01]