DATES |
TOPICS |
READINGS AND
ASSIGNMENTS |
Week 1 January 4 (T) January 6 (R) |
Introduction
and Review of Important Required Concepts
Trade
in the Global Economy |
Text (FT) Chapter 1 Chapter
1 Lecture – Trade in the Global Economy (PPT) Review
of Utility Theory and Indifference Curves Problem
Set 1 Assigned - Due Date: January 18, 2022 (Available in Canvas under Assignments) |
Week 2 January 9, 11 |
Trade and Technology: |
Text (FT) Chapter 2 Handout:
Absolute Advantage and Comparative Advantage-A Primer Chapter
2 - Trade and Technology: The Ricardian Model (PPT) Problem
Set 2 Assigned - Due Date: January 25, 2022 (Available in Canvas under Assignments) |
Week 3 January 16, 18 |
Trade and Technology: Gains and Losses from Trade in the
Specific-Factors Model |
Text (FT) Chapters 2 and 3 Chapter
2 - Trade and Technology: The Ricardian Model (PPT) Chapter
3 - Gains and Losses from Trade in the Specific-Factors Model (PPT) |
Week 4 January 23, 25 |
Gains and Losses from Trade in the
Specific-Factors Model Trade and Resources: |
Text (FT) Chapters 3 and 4 Chapter
3 - Gains and Losses from Trade in the Specific-Factors Model (PPT) Chapter
4 - Trade and Resources: The Heckscher–Ohlin Model (PPT) Problem Set 3 Assigned - Due Date: February 6, 2022 (Available in Canvas under Assignments) |
Week 5 January 30 February 1 |
Chapter 4 - Trade and Resources: |
Text (FT) Chapter 4 Chapter
4 - Trade and Resources: The Heckscher–Ohlin Model (PPT) |
Week 6 February 6, 10 |
Catching – up Time and Review for Exam |
Exam 1 will be held on Thursday, February 10 from 3:30 pm
to 4::45 pm |
Week 7 February 13, 15 |
Movement of Labor and Capital Between Countries |
Text (FT) Chapter 5 Chapter
5 – Movement of Labor and Capital Between Countries (PPT) Problem
Set 4 Assigned - Due Date: March 6, 2022 (Available in Canvas under Assignments) |
Week 8 February 20, 22 |
Movement of Labor and Capital Between Countries
Cont’d Increasing Returns to Scale and Monopolistic
Competition |
Text (FT) Chapters 5 and 6 Chapter
6 – Increasing Returns to Scale
and Monopolistic Competition (PPT) Problem
Set 5 Assigned - Due Date: March 13, 2022 (Available in Canvas under Assignments) |
Week 9, Sunday February 27, 2022 – Thursday, March 3, 2022 Spring Break, no classes |
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WEEK 10 March 6, 8 |
Increasing Returns to Scale and Monopolistic
Competition |
Text (FT) Chapter 6 Chapter
6 – Increasing Returns to Scale
and Monopolistic Competition (PPT) |
WEEK 11 March 13, 15 |
Import Tariffs and Quotas Under Perfect
Competition |
Text (FT) Chapter 8 Chapter
8 - Import Tariffs and Quotas Under Perfect Competition (PPT) Problem
Set 6 Assigned - Due Date: March 22, 2022 (Not to be Handed In – We will go
over in class on March 22) (Available in Canvas under Assignments) |
WEEK 12 March
20,
22, 24 |
Catching- up Time and Review |
Exam 2 will be held on Thursday,
March 24 from 3:30pm to 4::45 pm |
WEEK 13 March 27,
29 |
Import
Tariffs and Quotas Under Imperfect Competition |
Text (FT) Chapter 9 Chapter
9 - Import Tariffs and Quotas Under Imperfect Competition (PPT) Problem Set 7 Assigned - Due Date: April 7, 2022 (Not to be Handed
In - We will go over in Recitation on April 7) (Available in Canvas under Assignments) |
WEEK 14 April 3, 5 |
Export Subsidies in Agriculture and High-Tech Industries |
Text (FT) Chapter 10 Chapter
10 - Export Policies in Resource-Based and High-Technology Industries (PPT) Beyond Comparative
Advantage (PPT) Problem
Set 8 Assigned - Due Date: April 12, 2022 (Available
in Canvas under Assignments) |
WEEK
15 April 10, 12 |
International Agreements: Trade, Labor, and the
Environment |
Text (FT) Chapter 11 Chapter
11 - International Agreements on Trade and the Environment (PPT) |
WEEK 16 April 19 |
Catching-up time and Review |
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Exam Period
April 23 – April 28 |
Final Exam |
Final Exam
is Saturday, April 23 from 12:30 pm to 2:30 pm. Rooms 0A11 and 0A12 |