84562 - GLOBALIZATION: TRADE, MIGRATIONS AND MULTINATIONALS

Conoscenze e abilità da conseguire

The students learn to interpret and understand the process of globalization from the viewpoint of international trade in goods and services and factor movements. They learn the causes and consequences of international trade, the effects of trade policies, the causes of international factor movement and multinational operations, and the role of the World Trade Organization. Upon completing the course students will have acquired an empirical and theoretical understanding of the complex issues raised by the economic interdependence of nations and to analyze them in a systematic way.

Contenuti

The course focuses, first, on international trade theory and policy. It addresses some of the classic questions of international trade theory such as: who trades what with whom? What are the effects of trade on welfare and the income distribution? How micro-aspects enter the picture of international trade? The course presents the answers of classical and new trade theory to these questions. This theoretical journey ends with an overview of recent research on the role of heterogeneous firms in international trade. Second, it uses the models developed to address different aspect of globalization, such as international taxation issues, migration, early cases of globalization, recent protectionism, etc.

Testi/Bibliografia

Krugman, P., M. Obstfeld and Marc Melitz: "International Economics: Theory and Policy", 11th edition. Pearson Eds.

Additional material distributed in class.

Metodi didattici

Lectures and exercises with intstructor.

Discussion of real-life cases of trade, migration, and multinationals.

Production of group presentations based on recent journal articles and op-eds. 

Modalità di verifica e valutazione dell'apprendimento

Written exam.

Essays and Team Works will contribute to the final grade, which will parametrized as:

• <18 insufficient
• 18-23 sufficient
• 24-27 average/good
• 28-30 very good
• 30 cum laude excellent/outstanding

Strumenti a supporto della didattica

Slides based on (i) the book and (ii) relevant articles made available on instructor's website.

Orario di ricevimento

Consulta il sito web di Giovanni Prarolo

Consulta il sito web di Rohit Ticku