Marc Muendler: Fall 2020, Topics in International Trade (GPEC 435)

Marc-Andreas Muendler

Topics in International Trade

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School of Global Policy and Strategy (GPS), UC San Diego

fall 2020. Topics in International Trade (GPEC 435)

lectures: TueThu 2:00p-3:20p RBC Auditorium (GPS 3201)
zoom information on canvas
course number: GPEC 435, section id: 14402
instructor: : Mon 4:00-4:45p and Wed 9-9:45a (Zoom information on Canvas under the syllabus tab)
teaching assistant: : Tue 9-10a and Wed 5-6p (Zoom information on Canvas under the syllabus tab)

organizational handouts
- syllabus [pdf 130k]
- debate topics [pdf 70k] (for group assignments please see Canvas)
- guidelines for empirical exercises [pdf 39k]
- possible research topics for gravity project [pdf 91k]
- how to open password protected zip files [pdf 103k]
handouts on material
- note on structural gravity and gains from trade [pdf 221k]
empirical exercises
- empirical exercise 1 (due October 12, 5pm) [pdf 78k]
- empirical exercise 2 (due October 13, 5pm) [pdf 128k]
- empirical exercise 3 (due October 15, 5pm) [pdf 109k], update [pdf 111k]
- empirical exercise 4 (due October 21, 5pm) [pdf 69k]
- empirical exercise 5 (due October 22, 5pm) [pdf 102k]
- empirical exercise 6 (due October 29, 5pm) [pdf 75k]
- empirical exercise 7 (due October 29, 5pm) [pdf 67k]
- empirical exercise 8 (due November 5, 5pm) [pdf 134k]
- empirical exercise 9 (due November 12, 5pm) [pdf 92k]
- empirical exercise 10 (due November 19, 5pm) [pdf 131k]
- empirical exercise 11 (due December 18, 5pm) [pdf 136k]
lecture slides
- #1, October 1 [zip 228k]
- #2, October 6 [zip 155k]
- #3, October 8 [zip 5.4M], update [zip 5.4M]
- #4, October 13 [zip 108k], update [zip 128k]
- #5, October 15 [zip 98k]
- #6, October 20 [zip 83k]
- #7, October 22 [zip 102k]
- #8, October 27 [zip 245k]
- #9, October 29 [zip 387k]
- #10, November 3 [zip 80k], update [zip 80k]
- #11, November 5 [zip 107k]
- #12, November 10 [zip 155k], update [zip 155k]
- #13, November 12 [zip 121k]
- #14, November 17 [zip 151k], update [zip 151k]
- #15, November 24 [zip 128k]
gpec 435 podcast

textbooks
- Yotov, Piermartini, Monteiro, and Larch (2016) [pdf]
- Eaton and Kortum (2010) [zip 1.8M]
- Muendler (2020)
  chapter 1: introduction [zip 78k]
  chapter 2: the principle of comparative advantage [zip 185k]
  chapter 3: comparative advantage, competitiveness, and the terms of trade [zip 734k]
  chapter 4: trade, endowments, and the income distribution [zip 1,096k]
  chapter 6: intermediate input trade and offshoring [zip 237k]

data and stata code
- ado code [./ado/]
- general data [./gen/]
- industry concordances [./conc/]
- preparatory code [./prep/]
- #1, October 1 [./lec01/]
- #2, October 6 [./lec02/]
- #3, October 8 [./lec03/]
- #4, October 13 [./lec04/]
- #7, October 22 [./lec07/]
- #8, October 27 [./lec08/]
- #9, October 29 [./lec09/]
- #11, November 5 [./lec11/]
- #12, November 10 [./lec12/]