This course is compulsory on the BSc in Geography with Economics. This course is available on the BA in Geography, BSc in Economic History and Geography, BSc in Economics, BSc in Environment and Development and BSc in Environmental Policy with Economics. This course is available as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit and to General Course students.
This course is compulsory on the BSc in Geography with Economics. This course is available on the BA in Geography, BSc in Economic History and Geography, BSc in Economics, BSc in Environment and Development and BSc in Environmental Policy with Economics. This course is available as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit and to General Course students.
In the Department of Geography and Environment, teaching will be delivered through a combination of classes/seminars, pre-recorded lectures, live online lectures and other supplementary interactive live activities. ? This course is delivered through a combination of classes and lectures across Michaelmas Term. ? This course includes a reading week in Week 6 of Michaelmas Term.
Students will be expected to prepare for group discussion of the main readings and hand in a short essay for formative assessment.
Pugel T.A. International Economics. McGraw-Hill. Baldwin R and Martin P., (1999), Two waves of globalization: superficial similarities, fundamental differences, NBER working paper 6904. Antr?s, P. (2020), Conceptual aspects of global value chains. World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 9114. Autor D. Dorn D. and Hanson G. (2013), The China Syndrome: Local Labor Market Effects of Import Competition in the US. American Economic Review, 103(6), 2121-2168. Feenstra C. and Hanson G. (1999), The Impact of Outsourcing and High-Technology Capital on Wages: Estimates for the United States, 1979-1990. Quarterly Journal of Economics, 114, 907-940. Krugman, Paul (1979), Increasing returns, monopolistic competition, and international trade. Journal of International Economics, Vol. 9(4), pp. 469-479. Krueger, A. O. (1997), Trade Policy and Economic Development: How we learn. The American Economic Review, 87(1). James Feyrer, (2009), Distance, Trade, and Income ? The 1967 to 1975 Closing of the Suez Canal as a Natural Experiment. NBER Working Papers 15557. Bernard A., J.B. Jensen, S.J. Redding, and P.K. Schott (2007), ?Firms in International Trade?. The Journal of Economic Perspectives, Volume 21, Number 3, pp. 105-130. Bustos, P. (2011), Trade Liberalization, Exports, and Technology Upgrading: Evidence on the Impact of MERCOSUR on Argentinian Firms. The American Economic Review, 101(1), 304-340
Coursework (100%, 3000 words) in the LT.