Economics 364

Survey of International Economics

Fall 2009
Department of Economics
University of Wisconsin-Madison


                                                                                                      


Professor Maria Muniagurria
7424 Social Science

Phone: 263-3865
email:
munia@ssc.wisc.edu

Office Hours
   
Tu : 4-5  pm
     Th: 12.30-1.30 pm 



Class Material and Important Information
 

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Here is the course  Syllabus   


How to review Microeconomic Theory Concepts to do well in this class
   click here


 

Homework Assignments:

Homework 0 (due Tu Sep 22 in lecture) Answer Key
Homework 1 (due Th October 1 in lecture) Answer Key
Problem on Specific Factors Model  (due on Th Oct 22 in lecture) Answer Key
Problem on H-O Model (due on Tu Nov 3) Answer Key
Immigration Questions  (read  Reading 1 * and be prepared to answer them in class on Th Oct. 29)



Exam Schedule and Rooms

                                                                                   Date                                                                   Room

            Exam 1                                                        Th October 8                                  357 Soil Science  (1525 Observatory Dr.)   

            Exam 2   Topics/readings        Answer Key    Tu November 10                             357 Soil Science  (1525 Observatory Dr.)

Exam 3                                                        Tu December 15 (last day of class)   357 Soil Science  (1525 Observatory Dr.) 


 


SAMPLE  EXAMS  

F08 Exam 1
    Answer Key

F08 Exam 2 
     Answer key
F08 Exam 3

Class Notes/Presentations

Lecture 1 Presentation
Lectures 1 F08
Lectures 2 F08
Lectures 3 F08
Lectures 4 F08
Lectures 5 F08
Lectures 6 F08
Lectures 7 F08
Lectures 8 F08
Lectures 9 F08


HANDOUTS

Here is Part One of the Microeconomic Theory Handout
Here is  Part Two of the Microeconomic Theory Handout
Ricardian Model Example used in lecture
More Ricardo Notes/Examples
HO Notes

BOP Handout
 


 



Additional Material 

Introduction

Krugman, The Trade Tightrope, The NYTimes*

 Ricardian Model

 In Praise of Cheap Labor by P. Krugman, Slate March 1997.

 Not so Absolutely Fabulous

HO:
Stolper-Samuelson is dead , Davis and Mishra (2007)

Immigration

   Reading 1 *
   Reading 2 *

Tariffs , Trade Policy and WTO

US Tariffs over Time
TAA in the news : Wisconsin State Journal October 23 2005

Mountains of Corn , NYTimes, Nov  9 2005

Return to Quotas, NYTimes, Nov 9 2005

US-China Dispute on Tires:
Tariff on Tires (Brad DeLong, Sep 15 2009)
more from the NYTimes, more from AP
more from The Economist

Material on Title VII and Safeguards

Hansen and Prusa: "Does Administrative Protection Protect?

Understanding Safeguards ITC (revised)


WTO

WTO material on Antidumping, CVD and Safeguards



INTERNATIONAL FINANCE MATERIAL :

 Intertemporal Consumption Choice Model

 US Balance of Payments 2003
 Twin deficits (US and EU)
 US Net Foreign Wealth
  The Global Saving Glut and the U.S. Current Account Deficit , by Ben Bernanke, March 2005


 



Other resources:

     



Links to Other International Trade Material on the Web

 

           Global Trade Negotiations Home Page (Havard Center for Int. Development)

Census Bureau : Statistical Abstract of the United States (years 1995 to 2000)
        Go to: Section 28: Foreign Commerce and Aid (data on US International Transactions)
        Go to: Section 30: Comparative International Statistics Statistics (compares US with rest of the World in many        dimensions)

 Economic Report of the President (pdf from 1995 forward)

International Economics Gateway

International Trade Commission (ITC)

United States Trade Representative (USTR) :

USTR: Fact sheets
National Trade Estimates


World Trade Organization (WTO)
           Dispute Settlement

NAFTA (from USTR)


Links to other Web Pages
 

Paul Krugman

 Global Macroeconomic and Financial Policy Site by Nouriel Roubini
                                 - International Trade and Trade Policy