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International Economics
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International Economics
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Anno accademico 2018/2019
- Codice dell'attività didattica
- GIU0637
- Docente
- Francesco Abbate (Titolare del corso)
- Corso di studi
- Laurea magistrale in European Legal Studies - a Torino (D.M. 270/2004)[0703M21]
- Anno
- 1° anno
- Tipologia
- Caratterizzante
- Crediti/Valenza
- 9
- SSD dell'attività didattica
- SECS-P/01 - economia politica
- Modalità di erogazione
- Tradizionale
- Lingua di insegnamento
- Inglese
- Modalità di frequenza
- Consigliata
- Tipologia d'esame
- Scritto ed orale
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Sommario insegnamento
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Obiettivi formativi
The objective of the course is to provide the conceptual and analytical tools as well as the capacity to understand the causes, mechanisms and consequences of the economic globalization, and, in particular, the determinants of international trade, the objectives and instruments of trade policy at the bilateral, regional and multilateral levels, the role of multinational enterprises and foreign direct investment, the international monetary and financial architecture, the genesis and effects of the global financial crisis and the difficulties of the European Monetary Union.
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Risultati dell'apprendimento attesi
The student should gain good knowledge of the topics covered during the course and be able to use the tools acquired.
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Modalità di insegnamento
Lectures will use PowerPoint presentations, which will be made available on the course website, in order to help students identify the most important topics.
During the course, expert seminars and student presentations of their research papers will be organized.
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Modalità di verifica dell'apprendimento
The final exam will be both written and oral. The oral is optional for the students who passed the written examination with a score of at least 18/30. It is compulsory for those whose score was between 15 and 17. In the orals, students can improve, but not worsen, the results of the written examination, up to a maximum of 3 points.
Attending students can gain up to 4 additional points by writing an individual or group research paper, which is optional, although strongly recommended.
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Programma
- The process of economic globalization: causes, mechanisms and consequences
- The advantages of free trade and the theory of comparative costs
- International trade and resource endowment
- Intra-sectoral trade and international outsourcing
- Objectives and instruments of trade policy: causes and effects of protectionism
- Multilateral and regional trade agreements: the World Trade Organization
- Multinational enterprises and foreign direct investment
- Balance of payments and exchange rate determination
- The international monetary system, the global financial crisis, 2007-2012 and the role of the International Monetary Fund
- Optimal currency areas, the euro and the problems of the European Monetary Union
- International development: development concepts
- Growth and development
- The role of the World Bank in international development
Testi consigliati e bibliografia
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The course syllabus and suggested readings are the same for attending and non-attending students.
1. Kenneth A. Reinert, An Introduction to International Economics, Cambridge University Press, 2012
2. Slides and other teaching materials (available on this website).
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Note
All lectures will be delivered in English
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