International trade I (FIT10)

Basic Information

• Code: FIT10
• Location: Helsinki, Economicum building
• Time: April 26-May 7, 2010
  • Time schedule (PDF) updated May 10
• Application form
  • Deadline for applications: April 8, 2010
  • Doctoral students not enrolled in FDPE, including students in foreign universities, are able to attend individual courses. See How to Apply for the FDPE courses.
• List of participants (PDF)
• The course includes 30 hours of lectures and exercises
• FDPE recommends that the course is acknowledged by the student's own university/department with 4 ECTS credit points
• Reading list (PDF)

Topics

• Competitive markets and trade patterns

• Basic specific competitive theories of trade with applications

• Imperfect competition and trade patterns (monopolistic competition, oligopolistic competition, gravity models)

• Basics of the theories of multinational corporations

• Introduction to the theory of trade policies

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Teaching Staff

• Instructor: Professor Pertti Haaparanta (Aalto University School of Economics)

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Teaching Material

• Lecture notes 1 (PDF)

• Lecture notes 2 (PDF)

• Lecture notes 3 (PDF) Figures 3 (PDF)

• Lecture notes 4 (PDF) Figures 4 (PDF)

• Lecture notes 5 (PDF)

• Lecture notes 6 (PDF)

• Lecture notes 7 (PDF)

• Lecture notes 8 (PDF)

• Lecture notes 9 (PDF)

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Assignments

• A term paper of any topic that the course covers (1-100 pages) deadline June 30, 2010

• Exercises updated June 16,2010

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Travel Grants

• The Society for economics professors and docents in Finland (Kansantaloustieteen professorien ja dosenttien yhdistys ry) gives travel grants to doctoral economics students, please see FDPE website Financial Aid.

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