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ECN 203: International Economics

Syllabus

Additional Readings

PIPA Survey (2004)

Adam Smith's Discussion of the Division of Labor

David Ricardo's "On Foreign Trade" (Ch. 7 of Principles of Political Economy)

John Stuart Mill's "Of International Trade" (Book III, Ch. XVII of Principles of Political Economy)

Immanuel Kant's "Perpetual Peace"

Mansfield and Collins "The Study of Interdependence and Conflict"

George Washington's (1796) Farewell Address

Penn World Tables (with updated 2004 country data)

Leamer (1980) "The Leontief Paradox, Reconsidered" (JSTOR Access Required)

Trefler (1993) "International Factor Price Differences: Leontief Was Right!" (JSTOR Access Required)

Sachs and Shatz (1994) "Trade and Jobs in U.S. Manufacturing" (JSTOR Access Required)

Trefler (1995) "The Case of the Missing Trade and Other Mysteries" (JSTOR Access Required)

Frederic Bastiat's (1848) "What is Seen and What is Not Seen"

Ashenfelter and Jurada (2001) "Cross-country Comparisons of Wage Rates: The Big Mac Index"

United States International Trade Commission

Jeffrey Sachs (2000) "Tropical Underdevelopment"

Stanley Fischer (2000) Lunch Address Given at the Conference on "Promoting Dialogue:

Global Challenges and Global Institutions"

at American University

Daron Acemolgu, Simon Johnson, and James Robinson (2002) "Reversal of Fortune"

Dani Rodrik (2002) "Institutions, Integration, and Geography"

Fraser Institute's Economic Freedom of the World Web-site

Important Dates

November 21, 2007: Research Papers Due

December 11, 2007: Thursday Classes Meet Today (ECN 203.001 at 11 am; ECN 203.002 at 12 pm)

December 14, 2007 (7 pm-10 pm): ECN 203.001 Final Exam

December 18, 2007 (2 pm-5 pm): ECN 203.002 Final Exam