＜概要/Course Content Summary＞
This course provides a rigorous introduction to the field of international economics through the study of various topics including international trade, foreign direct investment, fragmentation, offshoring, balance of payments, and exchange rate determination. The course follows a lecture format but students are encouraged to make comments and ask questions within a discussion friendly atmosphere. Before taking this course, students are recommended to complete the following introductory courses: Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, and Introduction to Finance.
＜到達目標/Goals,Aims＞
After taking this course, students will have a good understanding of current theories in international trade and international macroeconomics that explain real world patterns of international trade, foreign direct investment and offshoring, and trends in foreign exchange markets.
＜授業計画/Schedule＞
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Week 1
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Trade and Technology: The Ricardian Model
Topic: Course description, the Ricardian model and the gains from trade
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（授業時間外の学習/ Assignments）
Read Chapter 2
(minimum 60 minutes)
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Week 2
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Gains and Losses from Trade in the Specific-Factors Model
Topic: The Specific-factors model and the gains from trade
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（授業時間外の学習/ Assignments）
Read Chapter 3
(minimum 60 minutes)
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Week 3
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Trade and Resources: The Heckscher-Ohlin Model
Topic: The Heckscher-Ohlin model and the gains from trade
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（授業時間外の学習/ Assignments）
Read Chapter 4
(minimum 60 minutes)
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Week 4
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Movement of Labor and Capital between Countries
Topic: International migration and foreign direct investment
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（授業時間外の学習/ Assignments）
Read Chapter 5
(minimum 60 minutes),
Assignment 1 set
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Week 5
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Import Tariffs and Quotas under Perfect Competition
Topic: The welfare effects of trade policy with perfect competition
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（授業時間外の学習/ Assignments）
Read Chapter 7
(minimum 60 minutes),
Assignment 1 due
(minimum 60 minutes)
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Week 6
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（内容/ Contents）
Import Tariffs and Quotas under Imperfect Competition
Topic: The welfare effects of trade policy with imperfect competition
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（授業時間外の学習/ Assignments）
Read Chapter 8
(minimum 60 minutes)
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Week 7
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（内容/ Contents）
Catch up and Review
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（授業時間外の学習/ Assignments）
Review
(minimum 60 minutes),
Assignment 2 set
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Week 8
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Introduction to Exchange Rates and the Foreign Exchange Market
Topic: The essentials of exchange rates
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（授業時間外の学習/ Assignments）
Read Chapter 10
(minimum 60 minutes),
Assignment 2 due
(minimum 60 minutes)
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Week 9
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Exchange Rates I: The Monetary Approach in the Long Run
Topic: Money, prices, interest rates, and exchange rates in the long run
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（授業時間外の学習/ Assignments）
Read Chapter 11
(minimum 60 minutes)
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Week 10
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Exchange Rates II: The Asset Approach in the Short Run
Topic: Money markets and exchange rate determination in the short run
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（授業時間外の学習/ Assignments）
Read Chapter 12
(minimum 60 minutes)
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Week 11
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（内容/ Contents）
Catch up and Review
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（授業時間外の学習/ Assignments）
Review
(minimum 60 minutes),
Assignment 3 set
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Week 12
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Income, Wealth and the Balance of Payments
Topic: Introduction to the balance of payments
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（授業時間外の学習/ Assignments）
Read Chapter 13
(minimum 60 minutes),
Assignment 3 due
(minimum 60 minutes)
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Week 13
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Output, Exchange Rates, and Macroeconomic Policies in the Short Run
Topic: IS-LM model of the open economy
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（授業時間外の学習/ Assignments）
Read Chapter 14
(minimum 60 minutes)
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Week 14
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Fixed versus Floating: International Monetary Experience
Topic: Fixed exchange rate policy
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（授業時間外の学習/ Assignments）
Read Chapter 15
(minimum 60 minutes)
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（実施回/ Week）
Week 15
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（内容/ Contents）
Catch up and Review
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（授業時間外の学習/ Assignments）
Review
(minimum 60 minutes),
Assignment 4 set
(one week to complete)
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Course Requirements and Assignments
a) You are required to attend class.
b) There are four assignments.
＜成績評価基準/Evaluation Criteria＞
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Attendance
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10%
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Assignments
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90%
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Classroom Policies
a) While students are encouraged to study together, every student must individually complete and submit each of the assignments. In cases where two or more students submit an identical assignment, all of the students concerned will be given a grade of zero on that assignment.
＜テキスト/Textbook＞
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Robert Feenstra and Alan Taylor
, Essentials of International Economics
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2 Edition
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(Worth Publishers, 2010)
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ISBN:978-1429277105
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＜備考/Remarks＞
Instructor: Colin DAVIS
Office: SK323
Telephone: 251-4971
Email: cdavis@mail.doshisha.ac.jp
Office Hours: Appointments arranged via email
Microsoft Teams: International Economics will be offered online using the Microsoft Teams platform. Please access the course message on the DUET system after the course registration period for further instructions on how to attend classes.
Note: This syllabus will be subject to changes and/or revisions.
Note to students: The ILA will be offering all courses through remote learning over the spring and fall semesters of the 2021 Academic Year. Course lecturers will send DUET messages with details on how to participate in the courses that you have registered for. Be sure to check the DUET system when course registration has been finalized in order to receive further instructions from your course lecturers.
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