Economics 364

Survey of International Economics

Fall 2014
Department of Economics
University of Wisconsin-Madison



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Professor Maria Muniagurria
6418 Social Science

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

Office Hours

                                   Tu-Th  :   2.30 - 3.30 pm
                             or by appoinmtment
                            Additional hours will be announced before exams


Here is the course  Syllabus  
                                   
                                    Econ 364 e reserves (access through MyUW)

                                    Regrade Policy  Regrade Form

Class Notes/Outlines




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

 

Homework Assignments:



EXAMS                                                                                                                   Date                                                                                            ROOM

       

           


 


SAMPLE  EXAMS



 



HANDOUTS

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

BOP Handout
 





Additional Material 

Introduction

Krugman, The Trade Tightrope, The NYTimes*

Ricardian Model
Krugman on Ricardo and Comparative Advantage

HO:
Stolper-Samuelson is dead , Davis and Mishra (2007)
Trade, Jobs and Wages , Krugam-Lawrence, Scientific American 1994
Textile Plants Return The NYTimes

Tariffs , Trade Policy and WTO

A Brief History of US Trade Policy by P. Krugman

US Tariffs over Time 

Understanding Antidumping and Countervailing Duties (From US Gov. site)

Understanding Safeguards (From US Gov. site)

TAA in the news : 

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

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

Material on Title VII and Safeguards




WTO, PTAs

The WTO in Brief
WTO material on Antidumping, CVD and Safeguards
WTO Member Countries : http://www.wto.org/english/thewto_e/whatis_e/tif_e/org6_e.htm
Why can't the Doha Round find closure?  INTAL Newsletter 177, May 2011
Mercosur: the Treaty of Asuncion two decades on, INTAL Newsletter 177, May 2011



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