dc.contributor.author | Antràs, Pol | en_US |
dc.coverage.temporal | Spring 2007 | en_US |
dc.date.issued | 2007-06 | |
dc.identifier | 14.581-Spring2007 | |
dc.identifier | local: 14.581 | |
dc.identifier | local: IMSCP-MD5-b5e458e7ae409e982ef6864228cd270a | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/73643 | |
dc.description.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. | en_US |
dc.language | en-US | en_US |
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dc.subject | international economics | en_US |
dc.subject | nternational trade | en_US |
dc.subject | foreign investment | en_US |
dc.subject | commercial policy | en_US |
dc.subject | Ricardian models | en_US |
dc.subject | Eaton and Kortum's Ricardian Model | en_US |
dc.subject | Heckscher-Ohlin Model | en_US |
dc.subject | Generalized Heckscher-Ohlin Model | en_US |
dc.subject | empirical tests | en_US |
dc.subject | intermediate input trade | en_US |
dc.subject | wage inequality | en_US |
dc.subject | external scale economics | en_US |
dc.subject | oligopoly | en_US |
dc.subject | monopolistic competition | en_US |
dc.subject | intraindustry heterogeneity | en_US |
dc.subject | technological theories of FDI | en_US |
dc.subject | transaction-cost approach | en_US |
dc.subject | property-rights approach | en_US |
dc.subject | dynamic trade theory | en_US |
dc.subject | neoclassical growth | en_US |
dc.subject | technology and growth | en_US |
dc.subject | innovation | en_US |
dc.subject | technology transfer | en_US |
dc.subject | product cycles | en_US |
dc.subject | tariff retaliation | en_US |
dc.subject | WTO | en_US |
dc.subject | regionalism | en_US |
dc.subject | multilateralism | en_US |
dc.title | 14.581 International Economics I, Spring 2007 | en_US |
dc.title.alternative | International Economics I | en_US |
dc.type | Learning Object | |
dc.contributor.department | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Economics | |
dc.contributor.department | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering | |
dc.contributor.department | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division | |
dc.contributor.department | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Materials Science and Engineering | |
dc.contributor.department | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering | |
dc.contributor.department | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering | |
dc.contributor.department | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Urban Studies and Planning | |