Marc-Andreas Muendler International Trade JavaScript recommended

summer ii 2013: International Trade 101

• lecture: MonWed 11:00a-1:50p, HSS 1128A
  section id: 780204
• problem set review sections
  • #1: Tue August 13, 3:30p-4:50p, Peterson 104
  • #2: Mon August 19, 3:00p-4:20p, Peterson 104
  • #3: Tue September 3, 3:00p-4:20p, Peterson 104
• exam review sections
  • #1: Tue August 20, 3:30p-4:50p, Peterson 104
  • #2: Thu September 5, 3:30p-4:50p, Center 222
• office hours
  • : Wed 3:00p-4:00p, Econ 312
  • : Tue 11:00a-12:00n, Econ 123
• exams (HSS 1128A)
  • midterm: Wed August 21, 11:00a-12:30p (90 minutes)
  • final: Fri September 6, 11:30a-1:30p (120 minutes)
• audio podcast

• problem sets
  • #3, due Wed, September 4 [pdf 75k]
  • #2, due Wed, August 21 [pdf 66k]
  • #1, due Wed, August 14 [pdf 57k]
  
  
  
• lecture notes (removed)
  
  
• organizational handouts
  • syllabus [pdf 76k] (updated to reflect labor day holiday)
  • how to open password protected zip files [pdf 20k]
  
  
• midterm solution
  • solution to midterm [zip 331k]
• past exams
  • exams (11f) [zip 818k] (including solutions)
  • exams (10f) [zip 433k] (solutions to first midterm 10f [zip 1.4M], second midterm 10f [zip 138k] and final [zip 1.7M])
  • exams (09f) [zip 514k] (solutions to first midterm 09f [zip 3.4M], second midterm 09f [zip 1.8M] and final [zip 1.6M])
  • exams (06s) [zip 308k] (solutions to first midterm 06s [zip 5k] and second midterm 06s [zip 2k])
  • exams (05s) [zip 317k]
  • exams (03f) [zip 247k] (mock exams 03f [zip 182k] )

• textbook
  • Krugman, Melitz & Obstfeld (2011) [html]
  • Custom extract for UC San Diego by Pearson Custom Business Resources [html]
  • Muendler (2013)
    chapter 1: introduction
    chapter 2: principle of comparative advantage
    chapter 3: competitiveness, comparative advantage and the terms of trade
    chapter 4: trade, endowments, and the income distribution
    chapter 6: intermediate input trade and offshoring

• histograms [zip 18k] (up to midterm)
• 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

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