Week | Day | Date | Hrs | Title |
1 | Wed | 18/01/2017 | 2 | Introduction to the course; Globalization as a multidimensional process |
Thu | 19/01/2017 | 1 | Brief history of globalization; Key stilized facts about growth, trade, FDI, migration | |
2 | Wed | 25/01/2017 | 2 | Basic concepts of microeconomics and industrial organization |
Thu | 26/01/2017 | 1 | Basic concepts of microeconomics and industrial organization | |
3 | Wed | 01/02/2017 | 2 | Comparative advantage (Ricardo) |
Thu | 02/02/2017 | 1 | Comparative advantage (Ricardo) | |
4 | Wed | 08/02/2017 | 2 | Factor endowment: HO model |
Thu | 09/02/2017 | 1 | Factor endowment: HO model | |
5 | Tue | 14/02/2017 | 1 | Why comparative advantage and factor endowment do not explain actual trade and FDI flows |
Wed | 15/02/2017 | 2 | Intra-industry trade: imperfect competition | |
6 | Tue | 21/02/2017 | 1 | Trade and firm heterogeneity |
Wed | 22/02/2017 | 2 | Trade costs and internationalization strategies | |
7 | Wed | 01/03/2017 | 2 | Trade costs and internationalization strategies |
Thu | 02/03/2017 | 1 | Trade costs and imperfect competition | |
March break | ||||
8 | Wed | 15/03/2017 | 2 | FDI and firm-specific advantages |
Thu | 16/03/2017 | 1 | FDI and firm-specific advantages | |
9 | Tue | 21/03/2017 | 1.5 | Exam on lectures 1-14 (30% of final mark) |
Wed | 22/03/2017 | 1.5 | Assignment of topics for essays and presentations to groups of students. The essay is due by April 18 (20% of final mark) | |
10 | Wed | 29/03/2017 | 2 | Technology, demand and FDI (Prof. Zanfei) |
Thu | 30/03/2017 | 1 | Asset-exploiting and asset-seeking FDI (Prof. Zanfei) | |
11 | Wed | 05/04/2017 | 2 | Effects of globalization: economic growth |
Thu | 06/04/2017 | 1 | Effects of globalization: offshoring, wages and skills | |
12 | Tue | 11/04/2017 | 1 | Effects of globalization: inequality and social dimension |
Wed | 12/04/2017 | 2 | FDI spillovers on host economies (Prof. Zanfei) | |
13 | Wed | 19/04/2017 | 2 | Role-play game of the global economy |
Thu | 20/04/2017 | 1 | Globalization and the environment | |
14 | Wed | 26/04/2017 | 2 | Students' presentations I |
Thu | 27/04/2017 | 1 | Students' presentations II | |
15 | Tue | 02/05/2017 | 2 | Students' presentations III |
Wed | 03/05/2017 | 2 | Final exam (50 % of final mark) |
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