CONTACT INFORMATION & OFFICE HOURS
- Christopher Nekarda
Email: cnekarda [at] ucsd [dot] edu
Office: 103 Marshall College [map]
OH: Tue 1:00-3:00p - Oana Hirakawa
Email: otocoian [at] ucsd [dot] edu
Office: 127 Economics
OH: Mon 9:30-11:30a - Li Zhou
Email: lzhou [at] ucsd [dot] edu
Office: 227 Sequoyah Hall
OH: Wed 3:30-5:30p
LECTURES
- Tue/Thu 9:30-10:50
115 Center Hall [map]
READINGS
The textbook for this course is:
- Krugman & Obstfeld, International Economics, 8th edition (2009) ISBN 0321488830
(7th and 6th editions also acceptable)
PROBLEM SETS
EXAMS
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Session Time Location Midterm 1 Thu, 16 Oct 2008, 9:30-10:50a
Tue, 21 Oct 2008, 9:30-10:50a115 Center Hall Midterm 2 Thu, 6 Nov 2008, 9:30-10:50a 115 Center Hall Final Thu, 11 Dec 2008, 8:00-11:00a 115 Center Hall
HANDOUTS
- Course syllabus (v2)
- In Honor of Paul Krugman, by Avinash Dixit
- Histograms (through midterm 1)
- “The Impact of the Mariel Boatlift on the Miami Labor Market”, by David Card (JSTOR access restricted to UCSD IP addresses)
- Histograms (through midterm 2)
REVIEW SESSIONS
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Exam Time Location Midterm 1 Tue, 14 Oct 2008, 5:30-7:20p 104 Solis Hall Midterm 2 Wed, 5 Nov 2008, 5:00-6:50p 216 Center Hall Final Tue, 9 Dec 2008, 6:00-7:50p 113 Center Hall
CLASS SCHEDULE & LECTURE NOTES
| Week | Days | Topic | Reading | Lecture Notes |
| I. Classic Trade Theory | ||||
| 0 | R 9/25 | Introduction to international trade | Chs. 1-2 | |
| 1 | T 9/30 | Comparative advantage due to productivity differences | Ch. 3 | |
| R 10/2 | ||||
| 2 | T 10/7 | Comparative advantage due to endowment differences | Ch. 4 | |
| R 10/9 | ||||
| 3 | T 10/14 | Distributional consequences of trade | Ch. 4 | |
| II. Imperfect Competition and Trade Theory | ||||
| R 10/16 | Scale economies and imperfect competition | Ch. 6 | ||
| 4 | T 10/21 | MIDTERM 1 | ||
| R 10/23 | Imperfect competition and intraindustry trade | Ch. 6 | ||
| 5 | T 10/28 | External economies of scale and labor mobility | Chs. 6-7 | |
| R 10/30 | International factor movements and integration of production | Ch. 7 | ||
| 6 | T 11/4 | International integration of production | Ch. 7 | |
| R 11/6 | MIDTERM 2 | |||
| III. Trade Policies | ||||
| 7 | T 11/11 | VETERAN’S DAY — NO CLASS | ||
| R 11/13 | Instruments of trade policy | Ch. 8 | ||
| 8 | T 11/18 | Instruments of trade policy II | Ch. 8 | |
| R 11/20 | Political economy of trade policy I | Ch. 9 | ||
| 9 | T 11/25 | Political economy of trade policy II | Ch. 9 | |
| R 11/27 | THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY — NO CLASS | |||
| 10 | T 12/2 | Controversies in trade policy | Ch. 11 | |
| R 12/4 | Overview of international trade | |||
| F | R 12/11 | FINAL EXAM 8:00-11:00a | ||
TEXTBOOK EDITION CHAPTER CORRESPONDENCE
| Title | 8th edition | 7th edition | 6th edition |
| Introduction | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| World Trade: An Overview | 2 | 2 | – |
| Labor Productivity and Comparative Advantage: The Ricardian Model | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Resournces, Comparative Advantage, and Income Distribution | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Economies of Scale, Imperfect Competition, and International Trade | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| International Factor Movements | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| The Instruments of Trade Policy | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| The Political Economy of Trade Policy | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Trade Policy in Developing Countries | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Controversies in Trade Policy | 11 | 11 | 11 |