spring 2013: Global Integration of Latin America 161
lecture: TueThu 9:30a-10:50a, Solis Hall 104
rescheduled lecture: Fri April 12, 5:00p-6:20p, Center Hall 119
no lecture on Tue April 9 (rescheduled for Fri April 12)
section id: 773417
review sections
#1A: Tue, April 30, 7:30p-8:50p, Solis Hall 104 (Sam Young)
#1B: Wed, May 1, 6:30p-7:50p, Solis Hall 104 (Wei You)
#2A: Thu, June 6, 7:30p-8:50p, Center Hall 105 (Sam Young)
#2B: Fri, June 7, 6:30p-7:50p, Center Hall 105 (Briana Sullivan)
#3: Mon, June 10, 3:00p-5:00p, Econ 300 (Marc Muendler)
office hours
: Tue 11:00a-12:00n, Econ 312
: Mon, 3:30p-5:00p, Econ 126
: Wed, 12:00n-1:00p, Econ 119
: Thu, 11:00a-12:00p, Econ 123
exams
midterm: Thu, May 2, 9:30a-10:50a, Solis Hall 104 (80 minutes)
final: Tue, June 11, 8:00a-10:00a, Solis Hall 104 (120 minutes)
group assignments for paper and class presentation
#1: group assignments on Tue, April 16 (for presentations on international trade, Tue April 30) [zip 56k]
#2: group assignments on Tue, May 21 (for presentations on international capital markets, Tue June 4) [zip 52k]
Muendler (2013)
chapter 1: introduction [zip 78k]
chapter 2: principle of comparative advantage [zip 185k]
chapter 3: competitiveness, comparative advantage and the terms of trade [zip 1.2M]
chapter 4: trade, endowments, and the income distribution [zip 494k]
chapter 6: intermediate input trade and offshoring [zip 237k]
chapter 14: comparative advantage in capital markets [zip 338k]
the average score you achieve on the exams will not matter by itself for your final grade. only your score relative to your classmates matters. if everyone else gets 2 out of 50 points, for instance, while you get 3, your grade will be an A+. if everyone else gets 47 out of 50 points but you get only 45, your grade will be a D. of course, the distribution of raw scores is typically much wider so that final grades are well assigned by the curve. given voluntary withdrawals, the letter grade F is rare and assigned only if a student's performance falls below an absolute minimum, independent of the class-wide raw score distribution.