Quantitative International Economics

Crédit : 3 ECTS
Langue du cours : anglais
Niveau : C2-Maîtrise

Volume horaire

• CM : 21 h

Compétences à acquérir

• Enhance their understanding of economic methods and data sources for trade policy analysis.
• Applying international trade models and provides recommendations on how to obtain reliable partial and general equilibrium estimates for the effects of trade policy.

Description du contenu de l'enseignement

This lecture covers advanced topics in international economics with a special emphasis on quantitative techniques employed in international trade. This course is divided into two main components: the first part introduces important concepts and provides the theoretical foundations of the structural gravity equation. The second part deals with partial and general equilibrium trade policy analysis with structural gravity

Mode de contrôle des connaissances

Home works

Pré-requis recommandés

Solid knowledge in Microeconomics, Econometrics and International Trade

Pré-requis obligatoires

Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Econometrics, International Trade

Bibliographie, lectures recommandées

• Head K. and T. Mayer, 2014. "Gravity Equations: Workhorse,Toolkit, and Cookbook", Handbook of International Economics, 4th ed, 4:131-195.
• Gravity Cookbook website
• Costinot, A., and A. Rodríguez-Clare, 2014. "Trade Theory with Numbers: Quantifying the Consequences of Globalization", Handbook of International Economics, 4th ed, 4:131-195.
• Yotov, Y. V., Piermartini, R., Monteiro, J. A., & Larch, M. (2016). An advanced guide to trade policy analysis: The structural gravity model. Geneva: World Trade Organization.

Enseignant responsable

FARID TOUBAL