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 2025/26, 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) |
There will be one 2-hour exam in the April/May Diet. The overall mark will be calculated as 100% from the exam. |
| Feedback |
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| Exam Information |
| Exam Diet |
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| Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May) | | 00 | |
Learning Outcomes
| See description
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Reading List
Indicative Readings:
Feenstra, Robert C., and Alan M. Taylor. International Economics / Robert C. Feenstra, Alan M. Taylor. Fourth edition. New York: Worth Publishers, 2017. Print.
Gopinath, Gita., Elhanan. Helpman, and Kenneth. Rogoff. Handbook of International Economics / Gita Copinath, Elhanan Helpman, Kenneth Rogoff. Amsterdam: North-Holland, 2014. Print.
Krugman, Paul R., Maurice Obstfeld, and Marc J. Melitz. International Economics¿: Theory and Policy / Paul R. Krugman, Maurice Obstfeld, Marc Melitz. Global, eleventh edition. Harlow, England: Pearson, 2018. Print.
Obstfeld, Maurice., and Kenneth S. Rogoff. Foundations of International Macroeconomics / Maurice Obstfeld, Kenneth Rogoff. Cambridge, Mass: MIT Press, 1996. Print. |
Additional Information
| Course URL |
www.sgpe.ac.uk |
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Yan Hu
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Course secretary | Miss Laura Gasull Lopez
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