Dans ce cours sont présentés: des sujets actuels de débats/d’expertise dans le domaine de l’économie internationale/ Un cadrage factuel sur la mondialisation/ Un cadrage théorique concernant les nouvelles théories du commerce international intégrant la mobilité des facteurs, les économies d’agglomération, l’hétérogénéité des entreprises / Les implications de ces nouvelles théories pour le conseil aux entreprises et aux territoires.
Lecture 1: Introduction
International Economic Expertise: main areas/ Globalization in historical perspective/ Some History of economic though
Presentation of Student Assignments: Debate “Pros and Cons” and Topo on an “Expertise Report”
Complementary Readings
Quizz: on Lecture 1
Pros and Cons Debate: Has globalization brought economic convergence or economic divergence across countries?
Lecture 2: Globalization, industrialization, and economic growth
Theoretical basics on the (static) gains from trade (Ricardo, HOS, Krugman) + Theoretical basics on the (dynamic) gains from trade (Solow, Romer, Grossman and Helpman) + The economic research frontier
Complementary Readings
Work on your Topo
Quizz on Lecture 3
Pros and Cons Debate: Has globalization induced wage and job polarization within countries?
Lecture 4: Theoretical basics (HOS again + Rybczynski Theorem, new Trade in task model) Jobs and wages polarization; Regional disparities; The new accompanying policies
Complementary Readings:
Work on your Topo
Quizz on Lecture 2
Pros and Cons Debate: Free Trade versus Protectionism/multilateral versus bilateral trade agreements
Lecture 3: Theoretical basics on Trade Policies (Brander and Spencer 1985, Krugman and Helpman 1985) / WTO and the Free-Trade consensus; WBG and the outward-oriented growth strategies/ 21th Century : New Trade agreements and New trade policies
Complementary Readings:
Work on your Topo
Quizz on Lecture 4
Pros and Cons Debate: Are Multinationals stronger than ever? Do GVCs threaten State Sovereignty?
Lecture 5: The growth of global firms; Globalization and State Sovereignty
Theoretical basics: Global Sourcing Helpman (2005), Global Value Chains Baldwin (2012)
Quizz on Lecture 5
Pros and Cons Debate: Are SME’s , small regions and small countries able to compete on global markets?
Lecture 6: SME’s in Globalization; Smart specialization strategies at the regional level; new competitiveness strategies by countries
Work on your Topo
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