Trade Analysis and Policy
| Code | School | Level | Credits | Semesters |
| ECON4020 | Economics | 4 | 15 | Spring UK |
- Code
- ECON4020
- School
- Economics
- Level
- 4
- Credits
- 15
- Semesters
- Spring UK
Summary
This module covers empirical models of international trade and several topics in trade policy. It discusses firms’ decision to export the evaluation of export promotion policies the link between globalisation and labour markets the gravity model of international trade free trade agreements multinational firms the political economy of trade policy.
Target Students
Available for PGT or PGR students in the School of Economics.
Classes
This module is delivered through a series of lectures.
Assessment
- 30% Coursework: Group Presentation
- 70% Exam (2-hour): Exam
Assessed by end of spring semester
Educational Aims
This module is made up of a series of related topics on trade analysis and policy. It is designed to show how the current tools of trade and trade policy analysis are used to explain trade flows and the effects of trade policy interventions and to test trade theories. The module will not seek to comprehensively review trade and commercial policy theory, but it will require both the theory and empirical techniques relevant to a particular topic to be examined. Material will be drawn from research on both developed and developing countries.Learning Outcomes
A Knowledge and Understanding. Students should demonstrate
A4: An advanced knowledge of specialisms in economics, including the current state of research in that field
A5: An understanding of institutions, policies and the broader context in which specific economic analysis is applied
B Intellectual Skills. Students should be able to
B2: Use analysis, deduction and induction to solve economic problems
B3: Apply economic theory to economic institutions and policies
D Transferable (key) skills. Students should be able to
D3: Undertake independent study of an economic subject
Conveners
- Dr Maria Garcia De la Vega