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1 Organization: Topics in International Trade Summer 2012 Classes: Tuesday and Friday (Ludwigstrasse 28, Vgb., Room 221) Instructor: Alexander Tarasov, Ph.D. O ce: Ludwigstrasse 28, Vgb., Room 215 Phone: alexander.tarasov@lrz.uni-muenchen.de O ce hours: Tuesday, and by appointment Course Requirements: This course covers the theory of international trade at a graduate level. For master students the nal grade will consist of two parts: a class presentation (30%) and a nal exam (70%). Ph.D. students will need (in addition) to submit three homeworks. The nal grade will then consist of three parts: a class presentation (20%), homeworks (20%), and a nal exam (60%). It is assumed that students have taken a graduate course in Microeconomics or have an equivalent background. A working knowledge of calculus is required. Students who have any doubts about their ability to deal with the course should see the instructor. Please note that the course will be taught in English! Books: The main textbook is Feenstra, R. (2003): "Advanced International Trade: Theory and Evidence," Princeton University Press. The following books are recommended but not required: Helpman, E. and P. Krugman, "Market Structure and Foreign Trade," MIT Press, Helpman, E. and P. Krugman, "Trade Policy and Market Structure," MIT Press,

2 Grossman, Gene M. (Ed.), "Imperfect Competition and International Trade," MIT Press, Helpman, E., Marin D. and Verdier T., "The Organization of Firms in a Global Economy," Harvard University Press, Course Outline and Readings: Papers and chapters marked with (**) are will be extensively covered in class. The remaining items are suggested readings: items marked with (P) are papers that can be presented in the class. 1 Basic Models and Concepts 1.1 Heckscher-Ohlin Trade Theory **Feenstra (2003), "Advanced International Trade: Theory and Evidence," Chapters 1-2 Helpman, E. and P. Krugman (1985), "Market Structure and Foreign Trade," Chapters 1-2 **Leamer, E. "The Leontief Paradox, Reconsidered", Journal of Political Economy, 1980, Vol. 88(3), pp Tre er, D. The Case of the Missing Trade and Other Mysteries, American Economic Review, 1995, Vol. 85(5), pp Davis, D. and D. Weinstein, An Account of Global Factor Trade, American Economic Review, 2001, Vol. 91(5), pp

3 1.2 Ricardian Trade Theory **Feenstra (2003), "Advanced International Trade: Theory and Evidence," Chapter 1 **Dornbusch, R., S. Fischer and P.A. Samuelson, Comparative Advantages, Trade and Payments in a Ricardian Model with a Continuum of Goods, American Economic Review, 1977, Vol. 67(5), pp Matsuyama K. (2008), "Ricardian Trade Theory," The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, 2nd edition, Eds. Steven Durlauf and Lawrence Blume. Palgrave Macmillan. (working paper: Monopolistic Competition and Increasing Returns (New Trade Theory) **Feenstra (2003), "Advanced International Trade: Theory and Evidence," Chapters 5 **Krugman, P. (1980), "Scale Economies, Product Di erentiation and the Pattern of Trade," American Economic Review, Vol. 70(5), pp **Davis, D. and Weinstein, D. (2003), "Market access, economic geography and comparative advantage: an empirical test," Journal of International Economics, 59, Krugman, P., Increasing Returns, Monopolistic Competition, and International Trade, Journal of International Economics, 1979, Vol. 9(4), pp Helpman, E. and P. Krugman (1985), "Market Structure and Foreign Trade," Chapters 6-9 3

4 1.4 Trade Volumes and The Gravity Equation **Feenstra (2003), "Advanced International Trade: Theory and Evidence," Chapters 5 pp McCallum, J. (1995), "National Borders Matter: Canada-US Regional Trade Patterns," American Economic Review, Vol. 85(3), pp (P) Anderson, J. and E. van Wincoop (2003), "Gravity with Gravitas: A Solution to the Border Puzzle," American Economics Review, Vol. 93(1), pp (P) Armenter, R. and Koren, M. (2010), "A Balls-and-Bins Model of Trade," mimeo. 2 The New New Trade Theories 2.1 International Trade and Firm Heterogeneity Theory **Melitz, M.J. (2003), The Impact of Trade on Intra-Industry Reallocations and Aggregate Industry Productivity, Econometrica, Vol. 71(6), pp **Melitz, M.J. and G.I.P. Ottaviano (2008), Market Size, Trade, and Productivity, Review of Economic Studies, Vol. 75(1), pp (P) Chaney, T. (2008), "Distorted Gravity: the Intensive and Extensive Margins of International Trade," American Economic Review, Vol. 98(4), pp (P) Arkolakis, C. (2010), "Market Penetration Costs and the New Consumers Margin in International Trade," Journal of Political Economy, 118(6), Bernard, A., S. Redding and P. Schott (2007), Comparative Advantage and Heterogeneous Firms, Review of Economic Studies, Vol. 74(1). (P) Vogel, J. (2008): "Spatial Competition with Heterogeneous Firms," Journal of Political Economy, 116,

5 2.1.2 Empirics Bernard, A.B., J.B. Jensen, S. Redding and P. Schott (2007), "Firms in International Trade," Journal of Economic Perspectives, 21(3), Bernard, A.B. and J.B. Jensen (1999), "Exceptional Exporter Performance: Cause, E ect, or Both?" Journal of International Economics, 47(1), (P) Pavcnik, N. (2002), "Trade Liberalization, Exit, and Productivity Improvements: Evidence from Chilean Plants," Review of Economic Studies, 69, Tybout, J. (2003), "Plant- and Firm-level Evidence on the New Trade Theories," in E.K. Choi and J. Harrigan, eds., Handbook of International Trade, Oxford, Basil- Blackwell. Roberts, M. and Tybout, J. (1997), "The Deision to Export in Colombia: An Empirical Model of Entry with Sunk Costs," American Economic Review, 87(4), (P) Das, S., Roberts, M. and Tybout, J. (2007), "Market Entry Costs, Producer Heterogeneity and Export Dynamics," Econometrica, 75(3), Generalization of The Ricardian Model of Trade: The Eaton- Kortum Model **Eaton, J. and S. Kortum (2002), "Technology, Geography and Trade," Econometrica, 70(5), Alvarez, F. and R.E. Lucas Jr. (2007), "General Equilibrium Analysis of the Eaton- Kortum Model of International Trade," Journal of Monetary Economics, 54(6), Bernard, A.B., J. Eaton, J.B. Jensen and S. Kortum (2003), "Plants and Productivity in International Trade," American Economic Review, 93(4),

6 (P) Eaton, J., S. Kortum and F. Kramarz (2011), "An Anatomy of International Trade: Evidence from French Firms," Econometrica. 3 Assorted Topics 3.1 Multinational Production The Classical Theory Feenstra (2003), "Advanced International Trade: Theory and Evidence," Chapter 11 Helpman, E. and P. Krugman (1985), "Market Structure and Foreign Trade," Chapters Helpman, E. (1984), "A Simple Theory of International Trade and Multinational Corporations," Journal of Political Economy, 92(3), Helpman, E. (1985), "Multinational Corporations and Trade Structure," Review of Economic Studies, 52(3), The Proximity-Concentration Trade O **Helpman, E., M. Melitz and S. Yeaple (2004), "Exports versus FDI with Heterogenous Firms," American Economic Review, 94(5), Brainard, S. L. (1997), "An Empirical Assessment of the Proximity-Concentration Trade-O Between Multinational Sales and Trade," American Economic Review, 87(4), Markusen, J. R. (1984), "Multinationals, Multi-Plant Economies and the Gains from Trade," Journal of International Economics, 16,

7 3.1.3 Vertical Specialization Yi, K. (2003), "Can Vertical Specialization Explain the Growth of World Trade?" Journal of Political Economy, 111(1), Hanson, G. H., R. Mataloni and M. Slaughter (2005), "Vertical Production Networks in Multinational Firms," Review of Economics and Statistics, 87(4), Firm Organization, Contracts, and Trade **Antràs P. (2003), "Firms, Contracts, and Trade Structure," Quarterly Journal of Economics, 118(4), **Antràs P. and E. Helpman (2004), "Global Sourcing," Journal of Political Economy, 112(3), Grossman, G. and E. Helpman (2002), "Integration vs. Outsourcing in Industry Equilibrium," Quarterly Journal of Economics, 117(1), Grossman, G. and E. Helpman (2005), "Outsourcing in a Global Economy," Review of Economic Studies, 72(1), (P) Marin D. and Verdier Th. (2010), "Globalization and the Empowerment of Talent," Journal of International Economics, forthcoming. (P) Marin D. and Verdier Th. (2008), "Competing in Organizations: Firm Heterogeneity and International Trade," in: E. Helpman, D. Marin, Th. Verdier (Eds.): The Organization of Firms in a Global Economy, , Harvard University Press. ** Nunn, N. and Tre er, D. (2008), "The Boundaries of the Multinational Corporation," in: E. Helpman, D. Marin, Th. Verdier (Eds.): The Organization of Firms in a Global Economy, , Harvard University Press. 7

8 Nunn, N. (2007), "Relationship-Speci city, Incomplete Contracts and the Pattern of Trade," Quarterly Journal of Economics, 122(2), O shoring and Outsourcing (P) Antràs, P., L. Garicano and E. Rossi-Hansberg (2006), "O shoring in a Knowledge Economy," Quarterly Journal of Economics, 121(1), ** Grossman, G. and E. Rossi-Hansberg (2008), "Trading Tasks: A Simple Theory of O shoring," American Economic Review, 98(5), (P) Rodriguez-Clare A. (forthcoming), "O shoring in a Ricardian World", American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics. Marin, D. (2006), "A New International Division of Labor: Outsourcing and O shoring to Eastern Europe," Journal of the European Economic Association. 3.4 Income Distribution, Nonhomothetic Preferences and Trade Patterns and Volumes Flam, H. and Helpman, E. (1987), "Vertical Product Di erentiation and North-South Trade," The American Economic Review, 77, Hunter, L. C. (1991), "The Contribution of Nonhomothetic Preferences to Trade," Journal of International Economics, 30, (P) Matsuyama, K. (2000), "A Ricardian Model with a Continuum of Goods under Nonhomothetic Preferences: Demand Complementarities, Income Distribution, and North-South Trade," Journal of Political Economy, 108, (P) Fajgelbaum, P., Grossman, G. and Helpman, E. (2011), "Income Distribution, Product Quality, and International Trade," Journal of Political Economy 8

9 Hummels, D. and Klenow, P. J. (2002), "The Variety and Quality of a Nation s Trade," NBER WP **Fieler, A. C. (2010), "Non-Homotheticity and Bilateral Trade: Evidence and a Quantitative Explanation," Econometrica (P) Waugh, M. (2010), "International Trade and Income Di erences," American Economic Review (P) Tarasov, A. (2012), "Per Capita Income, Market Access Costs, and Trade Volumes," Journal of International Economics 86(2), Tarasov, A. (2011), "Trade Liberalization and Welfare Inequality: A Demand-Based Approach", Scandinavian Journal of Economics, forthcoming. 3.5 Market Imperfections and Trade (P) Manova, K. (2008), "Credit Constraints, Equity Market Liberalizations and International Trade", Journal of International Economics 76, pp (P) Antràs, P., M. Desai and F. Foley (2009), "Multinational Firms, FDI Flows and Imperfect Capital Markets", Quarterly Journal of Economics, 124(3), (P) Antràs, P. and R. Caballero (2009), " Trade and Capital Flows: A Financial Frictions Perspective, Journal of Political Economy, 117(4), (P) Chesnokova, T. (2007): "Immiserizing Deindustrialization: A Dynamic Trade Model with Credit Constraints," Journal of International Economics, 73. (P) Helpman, E. and O. Itskhoki (2010): "Labor Market Rigidities, Trade and Unemployment," Review of Economic Studies, 77(3), (P) Helpman, E., O. Itskhoki and S. Redding (2010): "Inequality and Unemployment in a Global Economy," Econometrica, 78(4),

10 Manova, K., Shang-Jin Wei and Zhiwei Zhang (2010), "Firm Exports and Multinational Activity under Credit Constraints," working paper. 3.6 Trade, Innovations, and Growth Feenstra (2003), "Advanced International Trade: Theory and Evidence," Chapter 10 Krugman, P., The Narrow Moving Band, the Dutch Disease, and the Competitive Consequences of Mrs. Thatcher, Journal of Development Economics, Young, A., Learning by Doing and the Dynamic E ects of International Trade, Quarterly Journal of Economics, Frankel, J., and D. Romer, Does Trade Cause Growth?, American Economic Review, Eaton, J. and S. Kortum (1999), "International Technology Di usion: Theory and Measurement," International Economic Review, 40(3), (P) Eaton, J. and S. Kortum (2001), "Technology, Trade, and Growth," European Economic Review, 45, Political Economy of Trade Feenstra (2003), "Advanced International Trade: Theory and Evidence," Chapter 9 Grossman, G. and E. Helpman (1994), "Protection for Sale," American Economic Review. Grossman, G. and E. Helpman (1995), "Trade Wars and Trade Talks," Journal of Political Economy 10

11 P. Goldberg and G. Maggi (1999), "Is Protection for Sale? An Empirical Investigation," American Economic Review, 89(5), pp Martin, Mayer and Thoenig (2008), "Make Trade Not War?" Review of Economics Studies, 75, pp

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