Corsi di Studio del Dipartimento di Giurisprudenza

International Economics

International Economics

Anno accademico 2022/2023

Sommario insegnamento

• Obiettivi formativi
• Risultati dell'apprendimento attesi
• Modalità di insegnamento
• Modalità di verifica dell'apprendimento
• Attività di supporto
• Programma
• Testi consigliati e bibliografia
• Strumenti didattici

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 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, the socio-economic impact of COVID-19 pandemic and finally the achievements and the difficulties of the European Monetary Union.

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.

Modalità di insegnamento

The course will be delivered face-to-face and live-streamed (https://unito.webex.com/meet/francesco.abbate) but not recorded. In addition, powerpoint slides, audio and video presentations, and other resources will be available on Moodle.

Attending students  will be warmly invited to write a short paper on a topic agreed with the teacher. The papers will then be discussed during lectures.

Modalità di verifica dell'apprendimento

The final exam will be oral. A mid-term test will also be scheduled.

Attending students can gain points by:

• writing an individual or group term paper
• partecipating in seminars/webinars and workshops outside course hours

Attività di supporto

All teaching materials will be available on Moodle.

Students will be able to participate - in person or online - in seminars and workshops on the subjects covered by the course. 

Programma

1. The process of economic globalization: causes, mechanisms and consequences
2. Absolute and comparative advantage in international trade
3. International trade and resource endowment
4. Intra-sectoral trade and global value chains
5. Objectives and instruments of trade policy: causes and effects of protectionism
6. Multilateral and regional trade agreements: the World Trade Organization
7. Multinational enterprises and foreign direct investment 
8. Balance of payments, global capital flows and exchange rate determination
9. The international monetary system and the role of the International Monetary Fund
10. Genesis and effects of the 2008 global financial crisis.
11. The socio-economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine war.
12. Optimal currency areas, the euro and the problems of the European Monetary Union.

 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, 2021

2.         Slides and other teaching materials (available on Moodle).

• Materiale didattico
• Bacheca appelli
• Vai a Moodle
• Visita i forum