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Topic 1: What is international trade and globalization?  How do we measure international trade?

  1. Krugman, Obstfeld, and Melitz (KOM), “World Trade: An Overview” (Chapter 2).
  2. Edward E. Leamer, “A Flat World, A Level Playing Field, a Small World After All, or None of the Above?” Journal of Economic Literature, March 2007, 83-126. 
  3. Dani Rodrik, “(Chapter 2) The Rise and Fall of the First Great Globalization,” The Globalization Paradox: Democracy and the Future of the World Economy, (Norton, New York, 2011).
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WTO World Trade Report 2013



Topic 2: What determines how much countries import and export? What role does trade finance play?

  1. KOM, Chapter 3, Labor Productivity and Comparative Advantage
  1. KOM, Chapter 5, Resources and Trade: The Heckscher-Ohlin Model
  2. Ricardo Haussman, Jason Hwang, and Dani Rodrik, "What You Export Matters," Journal of Economic Growth, Volume 12, Issue 1, 2007, 1-25.
  3. Rodrick, “(Chapter 6) The Foxes and Hedgehogs of Finance.”
  4. Jean-Pierre Chauffour and Mariem Malouche, eds., “Overview,” Trade Finance During the Great Trade Collapse, (World Bank, Washington, DC, 2011).
  5. Lawrence McNeil and Daniel Perez, “The Impact of Trade Finance on International Trade: Does Financial Development Matter.” Research in Business and Economics Journal, 2013.


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Topic 3: What is foreign direct investment and offshoring?  How are these activities related to trade and globalization?

  1. KOM, Chapter 8, Firms in the Global Economy: Export Decisions, Outsourcing, and MNEs
  2. Ralph Kozlow, “Globalization, Offshoring, and Multinational Companies: What Are the Questions and How Well Are We Doing in Answering Them?”  Bureau of Economic Analysis Working Paper, 2006.
  3. Alan Blinder, “Offshoring: The Next Industrial Revolution?,” Foreign Affairs, 85(2), 2006, 113-128.
  4. Gene Grossman and Esteban Rossi-Hansberg, "The Rise of Offshoring: It's Not Wine for Cloth Anymore," Princeton University, August 2006.

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MNC vs. Country GDP data (2010)
Articles
  • The Real Cost of Offshoring (Business Week)
  • Offshoring Goes into Reverse Gear (Financial Times)
  • Stop Worrying About Offshoring and Outsourcing (The Atlantic)
  • Wal-Mart Retools International Strategy (WSJ)
  • FDI Changes are Partial Answer to Retailers (WSJ)
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Topic 4: What are the gains from (free) trade?  Does trade create winners and losers?  Is there a clear relationship between trade and economic growth?

  1. KOM, Chapter 9, The Instruments of Trade Policy
  2. KOM, Chapter 11, Trade Policy in Developing Countries
  3. Rodrick, “(Chapter 3) Why Doesn’t Everyone Get the Case for Free Trade?”
  4. Robert Driskill, “Deconstructing the Arguments for Free Trade,” unpublished, February 2008. http://www.vanderbilt.edu/econ/faculty/Driskill/Deconstructing2008Feb09.pdf
  5. Rodrick, “(Chapter 7) Poor Countries in a Rich World.”
  6. Ann Harrison, “Globalization and Poverty,” NBER Working Paper No. 12347, July 2006.
  7. Lawrence McNeil and Sonja Langley, “Trade and Foreign R&D Spillovers: Industry-Level Evidence from South America,” Journal of International Business and Economics.

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Topic 5: How do the costs of transactions, transportation, and technology affect import and export volumes?

  1. David Hummels, “Transportation Costs and International Trade in the Second Era of Globalization.” Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2007.
  2. Jean Francois Arvis, et. al., "Trade Costs in the Developing World."  World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 6309, 2010.
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