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| Semester | Frühjahrsemester 2018 |
| Angebotsmuster | Jedes Frühjahrsem. |
| Dozierende | Rolf Weder (rolf.weder@unibas.ch, BeurteilerIn) |
| Inhalt | Content: This course deals with the effects that arise from the globalization of markets. We derive challenges for economic policy and strategic management of international firms. International trade theory offers an excellent framework in this respect. We deal with questions such as: "Who gains and who loses from selective integration of markets?", "Which impacts arise from technological changes abroad and at home?", "Why do multinational firms exist and what strategies should they follow in different circumstances?", "How can we explain outsourcing and offshoring, what are the effects, how can international firms react?". The course not only provides answers to these questions, but also introduces the concepts which current research in international trade is based on and constantly is using. We present and discuss the fundamental contributions of the traditional and new trade theory, also referring to current research in the field; research has always been very dynamic in this field - theoretically and empirically. This requires that textbooks, papers in scientific journals as well as working papers on the graduate level are used in the course. One of the challenges of this course and of economics in general is to constantly ask the question in which way the insight can be useful for policy making and strategic management in companies. Some guestlectures will be integrated in the course. |
| Lernziele | Learning objectives: 1. to know the scientific discussion in international trade and international business regarding "Globalization" and "Outsourcing", 2. to understand the major contributions of the classical, neoclassical and new trade theories, and how these insights are used in the current literature, 3. to get an understanding, how trade economists simplify international relationships in order to analyze and answer the questions posed above, 4. to gain insight into the current research in international trade and business, 5. to get to know and be able to apply concepts which allow international companies and international organizations to develop strategies which are important in practice. |
| Literatur | The relevant literature will be mentioned on the outline of the course. We will start with the foundation of international trade theory by David Ricardo in 1817 ("On Foreign Trade"), but also integrate most recent contributions from textbooks and articles published in international journals of economics and business. Papers will, whenever possible, be posted on ADAM in order that registered students in the course can easily download them from ADAM. |
| Bemerkungen | In 2018, we will discuss a large part of the book "200 Years of Ricardian Trade Theory. Challenges of Globalization" (edited by Ronald W. Jones and Rolf Weder) that came out in December 2017 (Springer International). This will serve as a foundation for the disussion of the most recent developments in theory and policy on international trade and business. |
| Weblink | Weblink |
| Teilnahmebedingungen | Research students have be part of the structured doctoral programme in Applied Economics. |
| Anmeldung zur Lehrveranstaltung | Registration: Please enrol in MOnA. |
| Unterrichtssprache | Englisch |
| Einsatz digitaler Medien | kein spezifischer Einsatz |
| Intervall | Wochentag | Zeit | Raum |
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| Module |
Modul Advanced Field Courses (Doktoratsstudium - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät) Modul Fachlich-methodische Weiterbildung (Doktoratsstudium - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät) |
| Leistungsüberprüfung | Semesterendprüfung |
| Hinweise zur Leistungsüberprüfung | How to attain the learning objectives: Students should read the required reading in advance of each session. Some of this reading is very short. The required reading will be reduced to the minimum. However, I will sometimes go beyond this material and integrate further aspects into the lecture from the additional reading or the list of bibliography found at the end of this outline. I mention this list also as an aid for further reading and for writing a term paper for the Seminar in International Economics or the Master's thesis. Problem sets will be solved by the students and discussed in class periodically. Researchi students will have to write an additional essay on a topical research question. This essay will be part of the final grade with a weight of 50 per centage. |
| An-/Abmeldung zur Leistungsüberprüfung | Anmeldung: Belegen |
| Wiederholungsprüfung | keine Wiederholungsprüfung |
| Skala | 1-6 0,1 |
| Wiederholtes Belegen | beliebig wiederholbar |
| Zuständige Fakultät | Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät / WWZ, studiendekanat-wwz@unibas.ch |
| Anbietende Organisationseinheit | Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät |