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
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Homework Assignments:
Homework 0 (due Tu Sep 22 in lecture) Answer Key
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.)
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
Additional Material
Introduction
Krugman, The Trade Tightrope, The NYTimes*
Ricardian Model
In Praise of Cheap Labor by P. Krugman, Slate March 1997.
HO:
Stolper-Samuelson
is
dead , Davis and Mishra (2007)
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
Global
Macroeconomic
and
Financial
Policy
Site
by
Nouriel Roubini
-
International Trade
and Trade
Policy