International Trade Theory and Policy for Europe

Department of Economics, Business School

College of Social Sciences

Details

Code 03379

Level of study Third/Final year

Credit value 10

Semester 2

Pre-requisite modules None

Other pre-requisites Co-requisite - Introduction to International Trade - 21343

Module description

The main topics are: the institutions governing world trade and European trade; recent models of imperfectly competitive trade and trade policy; the effects of trade on growth and growth of trade; the effects of international capital movements; theory and evidence concerning trade blocs; EU economic integration; theory of protection and rent-seeking.

Teaching and learning methods

2 lectures per week