Marc-Andreas Muendler and Patrick Bloom
International
Trade
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University of California, San Diego
fall 2018: International Trade 101
lecture: TueThu 9:30a-10:50a, Peterson Hall 104
section id: 947134
problem set review sections
#1: Thu, October 18, Warren Lecture Hall 2204, 5:00p-6:50p
#2: Thu, November 8,
Warren Lecture Hall 2204, 5:00p-6:50p
#3: Thu, November 29,
Warren Lecture Hall 2204, 5:00p-6:50p
exam review sections
for midterm exam 1: Wed, October 24,
Peterson Hall 103, 5:00p-6:50p
for midterm exam 2: Fri, November 9,
Warren Lecture Hall 2204, 5:00p-6:50p
for final exam: Fri, December 7, time and location TBA
office hours
: Thu 11:30a-12:30p (Oct), Econ 312
: Thu 11:30a-12:30p (Nov and Dec), SH 231
: Fri 3:00p-4:00p, SH 140
: Tue 11:00a-12:00p, SH 232
exams (Peterson 104)
midterm 1: Thu, October 25, 9:30a-10:30a (60 minutes)
midterm 2: Tue, November 13, 9:30a-10:30a (60 minutes)
final: Thu, December 13, 8:00a-10:00a (120 minutes)
audio
econ 101
podcasts
problem sets
#1, due Fri, October 19 at 4:50pm [
pdf 142k
] (
submit handwritten and stapled
)
#2, due Fri, November 9 at 4:50pm [
pdf 53k
] (
submit handwritten and stapled
)
#3, due Fri, November 30 at 4:50pm [
pdf 182k
] (
submit handwritten and stapled
)
lecture notes
#1, September 27 [
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#2, October 2 [
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#3, October 4 [
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] (exercise [
zip 8k
]) (video on ppf [
zip 7.8M
])
#4, October 9 [
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#5, October 11 [
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#6, October 16 [
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] (exercise [
zip 16k
]) (video on relative demand and supply [
zip 7.2M
])
#7, October 18 [
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#8, October 23 [
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#9, October 30 [
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#10, November 1 [
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#11, November 6 [
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#12, November 8 [
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#13, November 15 [
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#14, November 20 [
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#15, November 27 [
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#16, November 29 [
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#17, December 4 [
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#18, December 6 [
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organizational handouts
syllabus [
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how to open password protected zip files [
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past exams
exams (14f) [
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] (one midterm only, including solutions)
exams (14s) [
zip 312k
] (including solutions)
exams (13x) [
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] (one midterm only, including solutions)
exams (11f) [
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] (including solutions)
exams (10f) [
zip 433k
] (solutions to first midterm 10f [
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], second midterm 10f [
zip 138k
] and final [
zip 1.7M
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exams (09f) [
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], second midterm 09f [
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] and final [
zip 1.6M
])
exams (06s) [
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] (solutions to first midterm 06s [
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] and second midterm 06s [
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exams (05s) [
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exams (03f) [
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] (mock exams 03f [
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] )
textbook
Krugman, Melitz & Obstfeld (2011) [
html
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Muendler (2018)
chapter 1: introduction [
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chapter 2: principle of comparative advantage [
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chapter 3: competitiveness, comparative advantage and the terms of trade [
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chapter 4: trade, endowments, and the income distribution [
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chapter 6: intermediate input trade and offshoring [
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histograms [
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typical economics grade distribution
top 2.7 percent: A+
next 14.7 percent: A
next 10.2 percent: A-
next 11.0 percent: B+
next 14.3 percent: B
next 9.2 percent: B-
next 7.3 percent: C+
next 9.8 percent: C
next 5.1 percent: C-
next 3.4 percent: D
next 11.0 percent: F or withdrawal
Last modified: October 30, 2018.
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