Economics 364

Survey of International Economics

Fall 2011
Department of Economics
University of Wisconsin-Madison







Professor Maria Muniagurria
6418 Social Science

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

Office Hours

                                   Tu :   2.45 - 3.45 pm
                          Th:    1.15 - 2.15 pm



Here is the course  Syllabus    Regrade Policy

Class Notes/Outlines

Micro Review Notes
Weeks 1 and 2

Week 4
US-Korea FTA Specific Factors example
Weeks 5 and 6
Week 7
Week 8 World Immigration Flows
Week9
Week11
Week14
Intertemporal Consumption Choice Handout
Week 15
Week 16


Class Notes from Fall 2010
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5


How to review Microeconomic Theory Concepts to do well in this class
  (from previous semesters)  click here

 

Homework Assignments:





Exam Schedule and Rooms

                                                                                                Date                                                             Room

          Exam 1          Readings/Topics/Practice          Th October 6                                                Moore 351

          Exam 2      Readings/Topics                         Th November 10                                           Moore 351

          Final Exam     Readings/Topics                                          Sat December 17: 2.45-4.45 pm                     Sterling 1313 


 


SAMPLE  EXAMS



 



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
 


F11 Additional Readings


Update on the Doha Round, INTAL Newsletter 177, May 2011
Mercosur: the Treaty of Asuncion two decades on,
INTAL Newsletter 177, May 2011



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)
Trade, Jobs and Wages , Krugam-Lawrence, Scientific American 1994

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

Brazil-US Cotton WTO Case:
R. Schnepf- Congressional Research Service

Material on Title VII and Safeguards

Hansen and Prusa: "Does Administrative Protection Protect?

Understanding Safeguards ITC (revised)


WTO
The WTO in Brief
WTO material on Antidumping, CVD and Safeguards
WTO: World Trade 2009
WTO Countries Profiles : http://www.wto.org/english/thewto_e/whatis_e/tif_e/org6_e.htm



INTERNATIONAL FINANCE MATERIAL :

 Intertemporal

 Consumption choice

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

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http://www.federalreserve.gov/boarddocs/speeches/2005/200503102/default.htm


 

 


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
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International Trade and Trade Policy