14.581 International Economics I, Spring 2007
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Author(s)
Antràs, Pol
Alternative Title
International Economics I
Date Issued
June 2007
Abstract
This course provides a graduate-level introduction to the field of international trade. It examines the theory of international trade and foreign investment with applications in commercial policy. Topics include gains from trade, Ricardian models of technological differences, Heckscher-Ohlin models of factor endowment differences, intermediate input trade, wage inequality, imperfect competition, firm heterogeneity, multinational firms, international organization of production, dynamics, trade policy, trade and institutions, sorting in trade and FDI, and effects of geography on trade. This course is targeted to second-year PhD students in economics.
Subjects
international economics
nternational trade
foreign investment
commercial policy
Ricardian models
Eaton and Kortum's Ricardian Model
Heckscher-Ohlin Model
Generalized Heckscher-Ohlin Model
empirical tests
intermediate input trade
wage inequality
external scale economics
oligopoly
monopolistic competition
intraindustry heterogeneity
technological theories of FDI
transaction-cost approach
property-rights approach
dynamic trade theory
neoclassical growth
technology and growth
innovation
technology transfer
product cycles
tariff retaliation
WTO
regionalism
multilateralism
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Economics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Urban Studies and Planning
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