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ECUE International Trade Tools

Code de l'ECUE : IMECIT1

Ce cours appartient à UE Commerce international (6 ECTS) qui contient 2 ECUE
EUR ELMI
Sciences économiques
Campus Saint Jean d'Angély
Master 1
Semestre impair
Anglais

PRESENTATION

This course is focusing to expand knowledge on importance of the international trade in the

globalised world. There will be discussion about gains from the trade and necessity for

international policy coordination. What are obstacles for free trade, and which are trade

barriers. There will be discussion about tradable and no tradable goods and services as well

as about Ricardian model of country specialisation based on comparative advantages; what

are comparative advantage and why countries should specialise in production of goods and

services that have production advantages; do all benefits form the specialisation? Further,

there will be discussion about the benefits of the Economy of Scale and the International

Location of the Production; why the economy of scale decreases the cost of production of the

goods and services. What causes on Imperfect Competition, the impact of the Monopoly in

Competition and Trade; protectionism and antidumping policies, how to protect local markets.

What are tariffs, quotas, export retrains, and which are the effects. What are the roles of the

international organisations to guarantee free trade; who can be protected?

Responsable(s) du cours

Présentiel

  • 20h de cours magistral

PREREQUIS

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OBJECTIFS

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CONTENU

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  • Chapter 1: Introduction

    • What Is International Economics About?

    • International Economics: Trade and Money

    Chapter 2: International Trade Theory

    • Who Trades with Whom?

    • The Changing Pattern of World

    • Do Old Rules Still Apply?

  • Chapter 3: Labor Productivity and Comparative Advantage: The Ricardian Model

    • The Concept of Comparative Advantage

    • A One-Factor Economy

    • Trade in a One-Factor World

    • Misconceptions About Comparative Advantage

    • Comparative Advantage with Many Goods

    • Adding Transport Costs and Nontraded Goods

    • Empirical Evidence on the Ricardian Model

    • Empirical Evidence on the Ricardian Model

  • Chapter 7: External Economies of Scale and the International Location of Production 137

    • Economies of Scale and International Trade: An Overview

    • Economies of Scale and Market Structure

    • The Theory of External Economies

    • External Economies and Market Equilibrium .

    • Interregional Trade and Economic Geography

  • Chapter 8: Firms in the Global Economy: Export Decisions, Outsourcing and Multinational Enterprises

    • The Theory of Imperfect Competition

    • Monopolistic Competition and Trade

    • Firm Responses to Trade: Winners, Losers, and Industry

    • Dumping

  • Chapter 9: The Instruments of Trade Policy

    Basic Tariff Analysis

    Costs and Benefits of a Tariff

    Other Instruments of Trade Policy

  • Chapter 10: The Political Economy of Trade Policy 219

    • The Case for Free Trade

    • National Welfare Arguments Against Free

    • Income Distribution and Trade Policy

    • International Negotiations and Trade Policy

  • Chapter 11: Trade Policy in Developing Countries

    • Import-Substituting Industrialization

    • Results of Favoring Manufacturing: Problems of Import-Substituting

    • Trade Liberalization Since

    • Trade and Growth: Takeoff in Asia

  • Chapter 12: Controversies in Trade Policy

    • Sophisticated Arguments for Activist Trade Policy

    • Globalization and Low-Wage Labor

    • Globalization and the Environment

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