14.581 | Spring 2013 | Graduate

International Economics I

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[AC] = Arnaud Costinot

[DD] = Dave Donaldson

SES # TOPICS TAUGHT BY
Section I: Core Models of International Trade
1 Gains From Trade and the Law of Comparative Advantage (Theory) AC
2 The Ricardian Model (Theory, Part I) AC
3 The Ricardian Model, (cont.) (Theory, Part II) AC
4 The Assignment Model Approach (Theory) AC
5 Gains From Trade and the Law of Comparative Advantage (Empirics) DD
6 The Ricardian Model (Empirics) DD
7 The Assignment Model Approach (Empirics) DD
8 The Heckscher-Ohlin Model (Theory, Part I) AC
9 The Heckscher-Ohlin Model, (cont.) (Theory, Part II) AC
10 The Heckscher-Ohlin Model (Empirics, Part I) DD
11 The Heckscher-Ohlin Model, (cont.) (Empirics, Part II) DD
12 Trade Theory with Firm-Level Heterogeneity (Empirics, Part I) DD
13 Trade Theory with Firm-Level Heterogeneity, (cont.) (Empirics, Part II) DD
14 Trade Theory with Firm-Level Heterogeneity (Theory, Part I) AC
15 Trade Theory with Firm-Level Heterogeneity, (cont.) (Theory, Part II) AC
16 Gravity Models (Theory) AC
17 Gravity Models (Empirics) DD
Section II: Miscellaneous Topics in Trade
18 Trade Costs (Empirics) DD
19 Offshoring and Fragmentation of Production (Theory, Part I) AC
20 Offshoring and Fragmentation of Production, (cont.) (Theory, Part II) AC
21 Economic Geography (Empirics, Part I) DD
22 Economic Geography, (cont.) (Empirics, Part II) DD
23 Political Economy of Trade Policy and the WTO (Theory, Part I) AC
24 Political Economy of Trade Policy and the WTO, (cont.) (Theory, Part II) AC
25 Political Economy of Trade Policy and the WTO (Empirics, Part I) DD
26 Political Economy of Trade Policy and the WTO, (cont.) (Empirics, Part II) DD

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