code: | A7133 | studiebelasting: | 3 sp | periode: | sem. 1 | ||
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naam: | Empirics of globalization | ||||||
internet: | homepage, rooster | ||||||
opleiding/fase: | econ/d23/profiel | ||||||
voertaal: | English | ||||||
docent(en): | drs. K.G. Berden, drs. J.A. Schmidt | ||||||
contactpersoon: | drs. J.A. Schmidt | ||||||
secretariaat: | AE/Ie&ba | ||||||
aanmelding: | at secretariat AE/ie&ba | ||||||
toelatingseisen: | - | ||||||
aanbevolen: | - | ||||||
onderwijsvorm: | lectures, with student participation, 2 hours a week | ||||||
tentamenvorm: | discussion and participation in class and on blackboard, a 'take-home' assignment, a class presentation, and a written final term paper | ||||||
tentamenperiode: | during the semester, deadline final term paper: 11-12-2000 | ||||||
tentameneisen: | - | ||||||
tentamenstof: | lecturenotes + suggested literature |
In this course the following three sets of interrelated and interacting elements will be dealt with under the heading of 'globalisation':
The first half of the course will present 'stylised facts' on many of these elements, and the second half will link them up with conventional economic wisdom as well as more recent analytical insights and practical situations.
The course consists of fifteen lectures and three tutorials. Throughout the first seven lectures, we will be focussing on the necessary building blocks and theories of international economics and international trade. Topics like goods markets, financial markets, labour markets and multinationals comprise this first part of the course.
In the second block of eight lectures, we will cover some practical applications of globalisation , like new growth theory, E-commerce & the new economy, growth stagnation and recovery of East-Asia and the transition of Central and Eastern European countries.
Course schedule 2001 - 2002 | |
Week | Topic |
37 | Introduction to Globalisation: some stylised facts and theory; overview of the course. |
38 | International mobility of products and entrepeneurial capital: more stylised facts and theory. |
39 | Globalisation and multinational enterprises. |
40 | Globalisation and labour markets: trade and wages. |
41 | Globalisation and labour markets: trade and employment. |
42 | Globalisation and goods markets integration: how far can we stretch the 'law-of-one-price'? |
43 | Globalisation and financial markets integration: how far can we stretch interest parity? |
43a | Tutorials |
44 | Schumpeter and Coase go global: international trade, catching up and 'new' growth theory. |
45 | Gaining and loosing regional competitiveness: a synthesis. |
46 | Globalisation's impact on markets, governments and institutions. |
47 | The Internet, E-commerce and all that: how new is the New Economy? |
48 | Central & Eastern European countries in a changing global Economy; EU eastward enlargement. |
49 | Globalisation and Regionalism |
50 | Economic growth, stagnation and recovery in East Asia |
51 | Globalisation and Inequality |
Theory and practical application are intertwined forcing you to work with the theory while analysing practical situations.
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