Readings for Ph.D. Students

ECO2300 optional.wpd Daniel Trefler Readings for Ph.D. Students Section 2 Ethier, Handbook of International Economics in R.W. Jones and P.B. Kenen eds. Handbook of International Economics Vol. I, Amsterdam: North-Holland, 1984, ch. 3.1, 3.2. Section 3 DFS for Ricardo Section B.1 Jones and Neary, Handbook of International Economics in R.W. Jones and P.B. Kenen eds. Handbook of International Economics Vol. I, Amsterdam: North-Holland, 1984, ch. 2.2. Dornbusch, R., S. Fischer and P.A. Samuelson, "Comparative Advantage, Trade and Payments in a Ricardian Model with a Continuum of Goods," American Economic Review 67 (1977):823-839. Section B.2 Jones and Neary, Handbook of International Economics, ch. 2.4 Mayer, W., "Short-Run and Long-Run Equilibrium for a Small Open Economy," Journal of Political Economy, 82 (1974):955-967. Mussa, M., "Tariffs and the Distribution of Income: The Importance of Factor Specificity, Substitutability, and Intensity in the Short and Long Run," Journal of Political Economy 82 (1974): 1191-1203. Neary, J.P. "Short-run Capital Specificity and the Pure Theory of International Trade," Economic Journal 88 (1978):671-682. Section B.3 Helpman, E. "The Factor Content of Foreign Trade." Economic Journal 94 (March 1984): 84-94. Dixit and Norman ch. 4.3, 4.4, 2.3. Jones and Neary, Handbook of International Economics, ch. 2.3. Ethier, Handbook of International Economics. Samuelson, "International Factor-Price Equalization Once Again," Economic Journal, 59(1949):181-197. + Mussa, M., "The Two-Sector Model in Terms of Its Dual: A Geometric Exposition," Journal of International Economics 9 (1979):513-526. + Section B.4 Jones and Neary, Handbook of International Economics, ch. 2.3. Ethier, Handbook of International Economics Chang, W.W., "Some Theorems of Trade and General Equilibrium With Many Goods and Factors," Econometrica, 47 (1979):709-726. Section B.5 Brecher, R.A., and E.U. Choudhri. "The Factor Content of International Trade Without Factor-Price Equalization." Journal of International Economics 12 (May 1981): 277-283. Section C.1 1

Deardorff, A.V. "Testing Trade Theories and Predicting Trade Flows," in R.W. Jones and P.B. Kenen eds. Handbook of International Economics Vol. I, Amsterdam: North-Holland, 1984. Stern, R.M. "Testing Trade Theories," in P.B. Kenen ed. International Trade and Finance: Frontiers for Research, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1975. Trefler, D. (1998). The Structure of Factor Content Predictions. Mimeo. Section C.2 Balassa, B., "An Empirical Demonstration of Classical Comparative Cost Theory," Review of Economics and Statistics, 1963. Glejser, H., "Empirical Evidence on Comparative Cost Theory From the European Common Market Experience," European Economic Review, 3, (1972), 247-258. Gaston, N. and D. Trefler, "Protection, Trade, and Wages: Evidence from U.S. Manufacturing," Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 47, (July 1994), 574-593. Section C.3 Leamer ch. 2. Baldwin, R., "Determinants of the Commodity Structure of U.S. Trade," American Economic Review, 61 (1971):126-146. Harkness, J., "Factor Abundance and Comparative Advantage," American Economic Review, 68 (1978):784-800. Trefler, D., "Trade Liberalization and the Theory of Endogenous Protection: An Econometric Study of U.S. Import Policy," Journal of Political Economy, 101 (Feb. 1993): 138-160. Branson, W.H., and H.B. Junz, "Trends in U.S. Trade and Comparative Advantage," Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, 2 (1971):285-338. Harkness, J., and Kyle, "Factors Influencing United States Comparative Advantage," Journal of International Economics, 5 (1975):153-165. Keesing, D., "Labour Skills and Comparative Advantage," American Economic Review, 56 (1966):249-258. Stern, R.M., "Some Evidence on the Factor Content of West Germany's Foreign Trade," Journal of Political Economy, 84 (1976):131-141. Bowen, H.P., L. Sveikauskas, "Judging Factor Abundance," Quarterly Journal of Economics, 107 (1992): 599-620. Section C.4 Chenery, H.B. "Patterns of Industrial Growth," American Economic Review, 50 (1960):624-654. Chenery, H.B., and L. Taylor, "Development Patterns: Among Countries and Over Time," Review of Economics and Statistics, 1 (1968):391-416. Chenery, H.B., and M. Syrquin, Patterns of Development, London: Oxford University Press, 1975. Keesing, D.B., "Population and Industrial Development: Some Evidence From Trade Patterns," American Economic Review, 58 (1968):448-455. Keesing, D.B., and D. R. Sherk, "Population Density in Patterns of Trade and Development," American Economic Review, 61 (1971):956-961. Leamer, E.E. and H.P. Bowen, "Cross-Section Tests of the Heckscher-Ohlin Theorem: Comment," American Economic Review, 71 (1981):1040-1043. Bowen, H.P., E.E. Leamer, and L. Sveikauskus, "A Multicountry Multifactor Test of the Factor Abundance Theory," American Economic Review, 77 (1987). Maskus, Keith E. "A Test of the Heckscher-Ohlin-Vanek Theorem: The Leontief Commonplace." Journal of International Economics 19 (November 1985): 201-212. Staiger, Robert W. "A Specification Test of the Heckscher-Ohlin Theory." Journal of International 2

Economics 25 (August 1988): 129-141. Brecher, R.A., and E.U. Choudhri, "The Factor Content of Consumption in Canada and the United States: A Two-Country Test of the Heckscher-Ohlin-Vanek Model." In Empirical Methods for International Trade, edited by Robert C. Feenstra. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1988. Section D.1 Bernard, A, and J. Jensen (1997). Exporters, Skill Upgrading, and the Wage Gap, Journal of International Economics, 42 (1/2), 3-32. Bernard, A, and J. Jensen (1999). Exceptional Exporter Performance: Cause, Effect, or Both? Journal of International Economics, 47 (1), 1-26. Section E.1 Gaston, N. and D. Trefler, "Protection, Trade, and Wages: Evidence from U.S. Manufacturing," Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 47, (July 1994), 574-593. Abowd, J. and T. Lemieux, "The Effects of International Trade on Collective Bargaining Outcomes: A Comparison of the United States and Canada." In Immigration, Trade, and the Labor Market, John M. Abowd and Richard B. Freeman, editors, NBER, Chicago, 1991. Freeman, R.B. and L.F. Katz, "Industrial Wage and Employment Determination in an Open Economy." In Immigration, Trade, and the Labor Market, John M. Abowd and Richard B. Freeman, editors, NBER, Chicago, 1991. Katz, L.F. and L.H. Summers, "Can Inter- Industry Wage Differentials Justify Strategic Trade Policy?" In Trade Policies for International Competitiveness, Robert C. Feenstra, editor, University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1989, pp.85-116. Revenga, A.L., "Exporting Jobs? The Impact of Import Competition on Employment and Wages in U.S. Manufacturing." Quarterly Journal of Economics 107 (1992):255-284. Gaston, N. and D. Trefler, "The Role of International Trade and Trade Policy in the Labour Markets of Canada and the United States," World Economy, (Jan. 1994): 45-62. Gaston, N. and D. Trefler, "The Labour Market Consequences of the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement," Forthcoming, Canadian Journal of Economics. Section F.2 Markusen, J.R. and J. Melvin, "The Gains-From-Trade Theorem with Increasing Returns to Scale," in H. Kierzkowski ed. Monopolistic Competition and International Trade Oxford: Clarendon Press 1984. Helpman, E., Handbook of International Economics Vol. I. Section F.3 Markusen, J.R. and J.R. Melvin, "Trade, Factor Prices, and the Gains from Trade with Increasing Returns to Scale," Canadian Journal of Economics 14 (1981):450-469. Helpman, E., Handbook of International Economics Vol. I ch. 7.6. Dixit and Norman ch. 9. Ethier, W.J., "National and International Returns to Scale in the Modern Theory of International Trade," American Economic Review, 72 (1982):389-405. Ethier, W.J., "Internationally Decreasing Costs and World Trade," Journal of International Economics, 9 (1979):1-24. Ethier, W.J., "Decreasing Costs in International Trade and Frank Graham's Argument for Protection," Econometrica, 50 (1982):1243-1268. Section F.4 3

Helpman and Krugman ch. 4, 5. Horstmann, I.J. and J.R. Markusen, "Up the Average Cost Curve: Inefficient Entry and the New Protectionism," Journal of International Economics, 20 (1986):225-247. Brander, J.A. and B.J. Spencer, "Export Subsidies and International Market Share Rivalry," Journal of International Economics, 18 (1985):83-100. Harris, R., "The Innis Lecture," Canadian Journal of Economics 1990. Krugman, P.R. (editor), Strategic Trade Policy and the New International Economics, 1986,Cambridge: MIT Press. Chapters 1-3 review the main arguments for and against strategic trade policies. Bulow, Jeremy I., John D. Geanakoplos, and Paul D. Klemperer, "Multimarket Oligopoly: Strategic Substitutes and Complements." Journal of Political Economy, 93 (1985):488-511. Brander, J.A., Strategic Trade Policy, in G.N. Grossman and K.R. Rogoff eds. Handbook of International Economics Vol. III, Amsterdam: North-Holland, 1995. Section?. Imperfect Product and Factor Markets Brander, J.A., and B.J. Spencer, "Unionized Oligopoly and International Trade policy." Journal of International Economics, 24 (1988):217-234. Gaston, N. and D. Trefler, "Union Sensitivity to Trade and Protection: Theory and Evidence." Journal of International Economics, August, 1995 Grossman, G., "International Competition and the Unionized Sector." Canadian Journal of Economics, 17 (1984):541-556. Mezzetti, C. and E. Dinopoulos, "Domestic Unionization and Import Competition." Journal of International Economics, 31(1991):79-100. McDonald, I.M. and R.M. Solow. "Wage Bargaining and Employment." American Economic Review 71(1981):896-908. Section F.5 ** Krugman, P.R., "Increasing Returns, Monopolistic Competition, and International Trade," Journal of International Economics, 9 (1979):469-479. (+) Helpman and Krugman ch. 6, 7, 8. Section G.1 Harrison, A. (1994). Productivity, Imperfect Competition, and Trade Reform, Journal of International Economics, 36,:53-73. Levinsohn, J. (1993). Testing the Imports-As-Market-Discipline Hypothesis, Journal of International Economics, 35:1-22. Section G.2 Baldwin, R.E. and P.R. Krugman, "Market Access and International Competition: A Simulation Study of 16K Random Access Memories," in R. Feenstra ed. Empirical Studies of International Trade, MIT Press: Cambridge 1988. Deardorff, A. and R.M. Stern, The Michigan Model of World Trade, MIT Press: Cambridge 1986. Section G.3 Grubel, H. and P. Lloyd (1975). Intra-Industry Trade: The Theory and Measurement of International Trade in Differentiated Prodcuts. London: Macmillan. Loertscher, R., and F. Wolter (1980). Determinants of Intra-Industry Trade: Among Countries and Across Industries. Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv, 116 (2):280-293. 4

Markusen, J.R. "Canadian Gains From Trade in the Presence of Scale Economies and Imperfect Competition," in J. Whalley ed. Canada-United States Free Trade Toronto: U. of T. Press, 1985. Harry and Stykolt, The Protective Tariff in Canada Toronto: Macmillan, 1967. Baldwin J.R. and P.K. Gorecki, "The Relationship Between Trade and Tariff Patterns and the Efficiency of the Canadian Manufacturing Sector in the 1970s: A Summary," in J. Whalley ed. Canada-United States Free Trade Toronto: U. of T. Press, 1985. 5