Econ 355

 

 

Introduction to International Trade

 

Please Check myeconlab for lecture Notes and course outline

-Instruction on getting into myeconlab is on Vista.

 

 Course OUPlTLINE

 

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Midterm:

  

Please brush up your microeconomics for this course. Terms to know for the next lecture: PPF,

Indifference curve, Constant Returns to Scale, Diminishing Marginal Productivity.

Production Function, consumer surplus and producer surplus, market structures, Slopes, Elasticity.

 

 

TEXTBOOKs

1.International Economics Theory and Policy

 Krugmn and Obstfeld: International Economics: Theory and Policy plus MyEconLab

(this is available at Discount Textbooks – above McDonalds at UBC village on University Boulevard.) store's contact (604) 221-1822

2.The Global Economy: Country Level Analysis and Case Studies (UBC Course Material put together by Nisha Malhotra)

 Pearson custom publishing (this is available at Discount Textbooks – above McDonalds at UBC village on University Boulevard.)

store's contact (604) 221-1822

 

Please make sure you also purchase- Myeconlab with the Krugman textbook.

The above two books come as a package for this course

Important Notice: If you don't have the package but you have the 8th/9TH edition of the Krugman and Obstfeld book -that is fine.

But, I would prefer you buy the package. Please make sure you also purchase- Myeconlab with the Krugman textbook

 

 

   

Extra Slides

 

  • Softwood Lumber Agreement

1.SLA

2.SLA-Trade

 

 

Registering into Econ 355: (ADD forms )

I cannot sign any students into this class. In order to get permission or have access to this course you need to get in touch

with Econ office.

Follow this link and talk to the staff in the economics Department http://www.econ.ubc.ca/staff.htm

In case there are any seats left or students drop out in the first wk - you can then register for this course.

There are generally 5-10 dropouts in the first wk of the class.