International Trade
University of Oslo
ECON4415 - Fall 2019 - Seminar
Wednesday 8:15-10:00, HH Seminar Room 101 (S101)
Lecturer: Yuan Zi (yuanzi.economic-at-gmail.com)
Office hours: Tuesday 10:00-12:00 (class weeks)
Wednesday 10:00-12:00 (upon request)
You can make the appointment here
Description
This seminar is designed for Master's students specializing in economics. This seminar covers advanced empirical topics in international trade (as well as economic geography) and problem sets related to the lectures.
Seminars will be organized as a 45 min lecture on empirical studies of international trade, and 45 min on problem set. The seminar lectures are divided into four parts. The first part considers testings on predictions of the neoclassical trade theories and their implications. The second presents empirical evidences on new trade models with imperfect competition and economic geography. The third part considers firms in international trade and gravity equations. The last covers facts and empirical works on trade policies.
The problem set will be distributed before the seminar (see seminar page). Students are expected to finish the assignment before the seminar.
Grading
Outline (preliminary)
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Abbreviations: GFT: Gains from Trade; CA: Comparative Advantage; LCA: Law of Comparative Advantage; HO: Heckscher–Ohlin; PFS: Protection for Sale; WARP: Weak Axiom of Revealed Preference
Journal Abbreviations: AER: American Economic Review; EER: European Economic Review; EMA: Econometrica; JIE: Journal of International Economics; JPE: Journal of Political Economy; JDE: Journal of Development Economics. JEL: Journal of Economic Literature; NBER National Bureau of Economic Research (nber.org); QJE Quarterly Journal of Economics, RESTAT: Review of Economics and Statistics; RES: Review of Economic Studies
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University of Oslo
ECON4415 - Fall 2019 - Seminar
Wednesday 8:15-10:00, HH Seminar Room 101 (S101)
Lecturer: Yuan Zi (yuanzi.economic-at-gmail.com)
Office hours: Tuesday 10:00-12:00 (class weeks)
Wednesday 10:00-12:00 (upon request)
You can make the appointment here
Description
This seminar is designed for Master's students specializing in economics. This seminar covers advanced empirical topics in international trade (as well as economic geography) and problem sets related to the lectures.
Seminars will be organized as a 45 min lecture on empirical studies of international trade, and 45 min on problem set. The seminar lectures are divided into four parts. The first part considers testings on predictions of the neoclassical trade theories and their implications. The second presents empirical evidences on new trade models with imperfect competition and economic geography. The third part considers firms in international trade and gravity equations. The last covers facts and empirical works on trade policies.
The problem set will be distributed before the seminar (see seminar page). Students are expected to finish the assignment before the seminar.
Grading
- The grade is on a final exam (3 hours).
- More about examination can be found here.
- Voluntary term paper deadline: 28 October, at 14:00
- Please book me in advance for the 15 min Q&A (also see office hours).
Outline (preliminary)
- September 11 (Globalization overview), S101
- September 25 (Ricardian), S101
- October 9 (HO), S101
- October 16 (New trade theory), S101
- October 23 (Melitz), S101
- October 30 (Economic geography), S101
- November 6 (Gravity), S101
- November 13 (Trade policy and recap), S101
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Abbreviations: GFT: Gains from Trade; CA: Comparative Advantage; LCA: Law of Comparative Advantage; HO: Heckscher–Ohlin; PFS: Protection for Sale; WARP: Weak Axiom of Revealed Preference
Journal Abbreviations: AER: American Economic Review; EER: European Economic Review; EMA: Econometrica; JIE: Journal of International Economics; JPE: Journal of Political Economy; JDE: Journal of Development Economics. JEL: Journal of Economic Literature; NBER National Bureau of Economic Research (nber.org); QJE Quarterly Journal of Economics, RESTAT: Review of Economics and Statistics; RES: Review of Economic Studies
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Seminars
Resources
Miscellaneous Information
