International Economics

Class material

 

Part I: International trade theory and evidence

1 World trade: an overview (Test)

2 Labour productivity and comparative advantage: the Ricardian model (Test)

3 Resources, comparative advantage, and income distribution (Test)

4 The standard trade model (Test)

5 International factor movements (Test)

Part II: International trade policy

6 The instruments of trade policy (Test)

7 The political economy of trade policy (Test)

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Reviewing of topics 1-3 and practice test

Reviewing of topics 4-7 and practice test

Case study I: the Finnish economy

Case study II: foreign residents in Spain

Case study III: Argentina's import tax (First homework)

Case study IV: EU labour migration (Second homework)