Currículo

International Economics EI-E

Contextos

Groupo: Economics > 1º Ciclo > Unidades Curriculares Obrigatórias

ECTS

6.0 (para cálculo da média)

Objectivos

The course explains: -The causes and effects of trade. -The process of trade liberalization undertaken by the GATT/WTO. - The processes of regional economic integration. - How economies under fixed and flexible exchange rates function.

Programa

1st part: International trade Ch 1: The Ricardian model Ch 2: The Hecksher-Ohlin model Ch. 3: Intra-industry trade Ch. 4: The Infant-Industry Argument for Import-Substituting Industrialization in Less Developed Countries Ch. 5: Trade liberalization in the real world Ch. 6: Economic Integration 2nd part: Open economy macroeconomics Ch. 7: How economies under fixed exchange rates function Ch, 8: Currency crises under fixed exhange rates Ch. 9: How economies under flexible exchange rates function