1.我为什么要学习这门课?
中国的对外开放持续深入。无论将来干什么职业,都要有高度的国际化视野,比如远在万里之外发生的一些事情,看似与你无关,其实都可能会影响到你的行业、企业、职业及相应的决策。
2.这门课的主题是关于什么?
国际贸易产生的原因、利益及其分配、贸易政策的工具及其影响、贸易政策的形成、贸易的多边体制、贸易与利用外资关系等等。
3.学习这门课可以获得什么?特别是对自己有什么帮助和应用。
在内容上可以获得与中文授课国际贸易同样的知识和同样的能力,更能帮助学生直接阅读国外英文文献,出国深造获得国外经济学或商学学位。
4.这门课有什么特色和亮点
不仅在内容体系上直接与国际接轨,而且在语言上直接与国际接轨,全英文授课。
Knowledge and understanding of
1、Theory of international trade.
2、Policy of international trade.
3、Other topics in international economics.
Skill and ability to
1. Explain and analyze the Ricardian model.
2. Explain and analyze the Heckscher-Ohlin theory
3. Explain and analyze the standard and alternative trade theories.
4. Understand tariff and non-tariff barriers, customs unions, and international factor movements.
5. Analyze the role of World Trade Organization in facilitating international trade
Final Examination 60%
class attendance 10%
Class participation 10%
Exercises 20%
Total 100%
01 World Trade: an Overview
1.1 Why trade is important
1.2 Features and Trends of World Trade
1.3 Who Trades with Whom: The Gravity Model
02 Classical Trade Theory
2.1 Mercantilism
2.2 Absolute Advantage Theory
2.3 Comparative Advantage Theory (1)
2.4 Comparative Advantage Theory (2)
03 Neoclassical trade Theory
3.1 Specific Factors Model (1)
3.2 Specific Factors Model (2)
3.3 Heckscher-Ohlin Model (1)
3.4 Heckscher-Ohlin Model (2)
3.5 Factor-Price Equalization
3.6 Leontief Paradox
04 The Standard Trade Model
4.1 A Standard Trade Model (1)
4.2 A Standard Trade Model (2)
4.3 The Effects of Economic Growth
4.4 The Effects of Import Tariffs and Export Subsidies
05 New Trade Theory and Frontier of Trade Theory
5.1 External Economies of Scale and Trade
5.2 Introduction and Imperfect Competition
5.3 Review of Monopolistic Competition Equilibrium
5.4 New Trade Theory (1)
5.5 New Trade Theory (2)
5.6 New New Trade Theory
5.7 Multinationals and Outsourcing
06 Trade Protection Theory
6.1 Infant-Industry Protection Theory
6.2 Foreign Trade Multiplier Theory
6.3 Strategic Trade Protection Theory
08 The political Economy of Trade Policy
8.1 The case for Free Trade
8.2 National Welfare Argument against Free Trade
8.3 Income Distribution and Trade Policy
07 The Instruments of Trade Policy
7.1 Concepts and Classification of a Tariff
7.2 Effects of a Tariff
7.3 Effective Rate of Protection
7.4 Costs and Benefits of a Tariff
7.5 Import Quotas and Voluntary Export Restraints
7.6 Subsidies
09 Foreign Trade policy in the developed and developing countries
9.1 Import substitution Industrialization policy
9.2 Export Oriented Industrialization
9.3 U.S. Foreign Trade Policy
9.4 Instruments of U.S. Foreign Trade Policy
9.5 South Korean trade policy (1)
9.6 South Korean trade policy(2)
11 Multilateral and Bilateral Trading Systems
11.1 What’s the WTO?
11.2 Principles of the Trading System
11.3 Regional Trade Agreement
12 Controversies in Trade Policy
12.1 Globalization and Low-Wage Labor
12.2 Globalization and the Environment
学过微观经济学和宏观经济学的基本知识。
1、Books
International Economics by Robert J. Carbaugh (15th edition).
International Economics by Dominick Salvatore 10th edition, 2010.
海闻等,2012:《国际贸易》,格致出版社,2012年。
2、 Web sites:
WTO(www.wto.org)
UN Comtrade Database(https://comtrade.un.org)
世界银行(https://www.shihang.org/)