Trade Analysis and Policy
As Taught Spring
Semester 2011
Professor C Milner & Dr H Gorg, School of
Economics, University of Nottingham
Module
Title: Trade Analysis and
Policy
Module
Code: L14042
Total
Credits: 15
Level
of Study: Post Graduate
Offering
School: School of
Economics
Frequency
of Class: 1 x 1 hour lecture
per week
Targeted Students: MSc students in the School of
Economics
The content
presented here provides information for prospective students on module L14042 –
‘Trade Analysis and Policy’, offered by the School of Economics, University of
Nottingham. The module convenors are Professor C Milner and Dr H Gorg.
1.
International trade
- Comparative
advantage
- Monopolistic
competition
2.
International organization of the firm
- Heterogeneity
of firms
- Boundaries
of the firm
3. Trade
Policy Analysis
- Review of
theory of trade policy
- Instruments
of trade policy
4.
Trade Policy Applications
- Structure
and measurement of protection
- Incidence of
protection and true protection measures
- Trade
openness, liberalisation and economic performance
- Design and
limits of trade policy reform