Postgraduate Course: International Trade (ECNM11016)
Course Outline
| School | School of Economics |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | This course is intended to introduce economic theories developed to understand the reasons why countries trade and the gains arising from it; to provide empirical evidence highlighting the strengths and limitations of the introduced theories; to examine the relation between trade and inequality; to explore the role played by economic geography and technology in international trade; to analyse the link between the global production processes and trade. |
| Course description |
The course covers key stylized facts of international trade; gains from trade; the law of comparative advantage; size and economic geography of trading countries (gravity equations); productivity differences and trade (the Ricardian model); winners and losers from trade (specific factor model); monopolistic competition and trade (new trade theory); firm heterogeneity and trade.
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Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2024/25, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Block 4 (Sem 2) |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Lecture Hours 18,
Summative Assessment Hours 2,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
78 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
100 %,
Coursework
0 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Exam 100% |
| Feedback |
Not entered |
| Exam Information |
| Exam Diet |
Paper Name |
Minutes |
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| Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May) | | 00 | |
Learning Outcomes
| See description
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Reading List
Feenstra, R. C. and A. M. Taylor (2011), International Economics, Second Edition, Worth Publishers.
Krugman, P., Obstfeld, M. and M. Melitz (2017), International Economics: Theory and Policy, Global 11th Edition, Pearson.
Gopinath, G., Helpman, E. and K. Rogoff (2014), Handbook of International Economics. Elsevier.
Additional sources for specific parts of the course will be recommended in the lectures. |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Yan Hu
Tel:
Email: |
Course secretary | Miss Quincy Sugiuchi
Tel: (0131 6)50 8361
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