MA Spring 2021 International Economics and Public Policy Course (Parsons)


New !!  Quiz 1 will be held, online at 8:50am ???? (Thur). 


Syllabus Spring 2021

There will be weekly, optional review sessions via Zoom, each Thurs, 1st period (8:50am)

First Essay HERE. Due ??
 
Take Home Exam HERE. Due June 3rd 

Second Essay HERE (Infant Industry) Due June 3rd

First Quiz (will cover Salvatore Ch.1, 2 and 3) ???, 2021  (8:50am until 9:30am)

Readings (all files have the same PW to open)

Part I: Trade Theory and Gains from Trade

"Globalization..." article by Deardorff and Stern

"The Myth of Chinese Competitiveness" by CH Kwan

Salvatore Ch. 1-2 (new version, 4/15/2021)

Salvatore Ch. 3-5 (new)

Note: I am skipping Ch. 6, so it is not here.

Salvatore Ch. 7 (new, correct)

Part II: Growth and Trade and Trade Policy and its Effects

Salvatore Ch. 8 (new, correct)

Salvatore Ch. 9 (new, correct)

Salvatore Ch. 10 (FTAs, etc.) (new, correct )

Third Essay here (due July 8th)

Antidumping Duties and NTBs (PPT)
 
Video Lectures to Watch with above readings (all videos can be accessed by a LINK which I email you once you register.):

L1Intro,  L2GlobisGood, L3Smith, L4Ricardo,  Ch2EndMcDougall and many, many more!

Watch Richard Baldwin's TED Talk for essay question #4 here
 https://www.ted.com/talks/richard_baldwin_why_will_future_globalisation_be_so_different

Quiz 2 (July 15th) will cover effects of a Tariff (Partial Eqm Ch 8), ADD (mainly my PPT) and Trade Creation and Diversion cases (Fig 10.1 & 10.2))  for FTAs (Chapter 10) 

Part III: International Finance

Current Account Readings Packet

Includes:

Balance of Payments  (K&O)

M-L Condition (From Appleyard and Field)

J-Curve (From Caves, Jones and Frankel))

America's Scary (Trade) Deficit (Setser and Roubini, Levey and Brown debate) (coming soon)

Kristin Forbes article (Why do foreigners invest in the United States?) (coming soon!)

and more!

These are all the topics and the end of the course. But make sure to also watch all my videos.