Course Description

The course is designed for PhD and master students and it is centered on three main topics: International Trade, Macro-Finance and Labor Economics

Lectures

Sat and Mon 4:30-6:00, Room 5.

Office Hours

by appointment

TAs:

TA: TBA

Textbooks:

[EK]: Eaton & Kortum, Technology in the Global Economy: A Framework for Quantitative Analysis

[HIE]: Handbook of International Economics

[DN]: Dixit, Avinash, and Victor Norman. Theory of International Trade. Cambridge University Press, 1980. ISBN: 9780521299695.

[F]: Feenstra, Robert C. Advanced International Trade: Theory and Evidence. Princeton University Press, 2003. ISBN: 9780691114101.

[HK1]: Helpman, Elhanan, and Paul Krugman. Market Structure and Foreign Trade: Increasing Returns, Imperfect Competition, and the International Economy. MIT Press, 1987. ISBN: 9780262580878

[HK2]: Helpman, Elhanan, and Paul Krugman. Trade Policy and Market Structure. MIT Press, 1989. ISBN: 9780262580984

[KOM]: Krugman, Paul, Maurice Obstfeld, and Marc Melitz. International Economics: Theory and Policy. 9th ed. Addison-Wesley, 2011. ISBN: 9780132146654

[K] P. Krugman, Rethinking International Trade, MIT Press, 1990

Shimer, Robert. Labor Markets and Business Cycles. Princeton University Press, 2005

Pissarides, Christopher A. Equilibrium unemployment theory. MIT press, 2000.