2023/2024
BA-BINBO1129U International Economics
| English Title |
| International
Economics |
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| Language |
English |
| Course ECTS |
7.5 ECTS |
| Type |
Mandatory (also offered as elective) |
| Level |
Bachelor |
| Duration |
One Quarter |
| Start time of the course |
First Quarter, Autumn |
| Timetable |
Course schedule will be posted at
calendar.cbs.dk |
| Study board |
Study Board for BSc in International
Business
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| Course
coordinator |
- Daniel Borowczyk-Martins - Department of Economics
(ECON)
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| Main academic
disciplines |
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| Teaching
methods |
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Last updated on
27-06-2023
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| Learning objectives |
After having attended the course the students
should be able to:
- Explain basic concepts in International Economics in a
comprehensive and intuitive way
- Describe and rationalize the main assumptions behind trade
models.
- Perform policy experiments based on trade models.
- Illustrate diagrammatically these models and perform analysis
of patterns of trade, gains from trade and redistributive effects
of trade
- • Solve algebraically simple trade models in order to determine
the equilibrium economic variables.
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| Examination |
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International
Economics:
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| Exam
ECTS |
7,5 |
| Examination form |
Written sit-in exam on CBS'
computers |
| Individual or group exam |
Individual exam |
| Assignment type |
Written assignment |
| Duration |
4 hours |
| Grading scale |
7-point grading scale |
| Examiner(s) |
One internal examiner |
| Exam period |
Autumn and Winter |
| Aids |
Limited aids, see the list below:
The student is allowed to bring - An approved calculator. Only the models HP10bll+ or Texas BA ll
Plus are allowed (both models are non-programmable, financial
calculators).
- Language dictionaries in paper format
The student will have access to - basic IT application package
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| Make-up exam/re-exam |
Same examination form as the ordinary exam
The number of registered candidates for the make-up
examination/re-take examination may warrant that it most
appropriately be held as an oral examination. The programme office
will inform the students if the make-up examination/re-take
examination instead is held as an oral examination including a
second examiner or external
examiner.
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| Course content, structure and pedagogical
approach |
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This course offers a detailed introduction to international
economics. We study several trade theories with the goal of
explaining why international trade takes place, what are the
benefits of international trade, and in what patterns countries
trade with each other. We also study trade policy tools and their
implications for market equilibrium (prices and quantities), social
welfare (gross national product) and the distribution of welfare
(inequality).
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| Description of the teaching methods |
| face to face class |
| Feedback during the teaching period |
This course comprises the following feedback
activities. First, partial written solutions to exercises and
quizzes with the goal of helping you figure out the solutions by
yourself. Two, during exercise classes the teaching assistant will
go through the solutions of some exercises in detail, focusing on
the problems raised by students. Third, you can ask questions to
the unit director via an online forum or by booking a slot during
the online office hours to discuss/clarify any aspect of the
syllabus on which you have problems.
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| Student workload |
| Lectures / class exercises / “homework cafés” / workshops
etc |
42 hours |
| Preparation time (readings, group work etc.): |
126 hours |
| Exam (incl. preparation for the exam and actual exam
period |
14 hours |
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| Expected literature |
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Paul R. Krugman, Maurice Obstfeld and Marc
Melitz, International Economics: Theory and
Policy, Global Edition, 12th
Edition.
Additional optional readings will be posted on the website of the
course.
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Last updated on
27-06-2023
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