COURSE INFORMATION Course Title: ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS

Code	Course Type	Regular Semester	Theory	Practice	Lab	Credits	ECTS
ECO 805	C	1	3	0	0	3	10

Academic staff member responsible for the design of the course syllabus (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature)	NA
Lecturer (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature) and Office Hours:	Eglantina Hysa
Second Lecturer(s) (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature) and Office Hours:	NA
Teaching Assistant(s) and Office Hours:	NA
Language:	English
Compulsory/Elective:	Elective
Classroom and Meeting Time:
Course Description:	This course covers topics related to trade and the international organization of production. In particular, this course studies multinationals, offshoring and vertical specialization. An important focus is give to the study of trade models where factors of production are heterogeneous and so need to match to form production teams. Finally, this course studies the economic geography and the relationship between the distribution of economic activity in space and trade flows.
Course Objectives:	The main aim of this course is to provide to graduate students a profound knowledge of both theory and empirics, advanced topics in international economics, as well as inter-regional trade and economic geography.

COURSE OUTLINE

Week	Topics
1	Introduction, content, scope of the course
2	The Ricardian (or Classical) model
3	The Heckscher-Ohlin-Samuelson model
4	Comparative advantage and gains from trade
5	Trade policy under perfect competition
6	The Brander-Krugman model
7	Strategic trade policy
8	Tariffs versus quotas
9	Dumping and anti-dumping
10	FDI and multinationals
11	Tax completion
12	The Dixt-Stiglitz-Krugman model
13	The Melitz model
14	International immigration and Environmental policy

Prerequisite(s):
Textbook:	- Feenstra, R.C. 2003. Advanced International Trade. Princeton University Press - Krugman, P and Obstfeld, M. 2006. International Economics. Theory and Policy - Pokrivčák, J. and Ruppel, F. 2010. International Trade and Policy. SPU Nitra
Other References:	Relevant selected journal articles, working paper, as well as background notes are provided.
Laboratory Work:
Computer Usage:
Others:	No

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

1	Improving student’s professional skills on international economics.
2	Improving student’s academic skills on open economics.
3	Improving student’s critical thinking in countries' overview and comparison.
4	Explain how international economic theory has been shaped by real world events.

COURSE CONTRIBUTION TO... PROGRAM COMPETENCIES (Blank : no contribution, 1: least contribution ... 5: highest contribution)

No	Program Competencies	Cont.
Doctorate (PhD) in Economics: Banking and Finance profile Program

COURSE EVALUATION METHOD

Method	Quantity	Percentage
Presentation	1	50
Term Paper	1	50
	Total Percent:	100%

ECTS (ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD)

Activities	Quantity	Duration(Hours)	Total Workload(Hours)
Course Duration (Including the exam week: 16x Total course hours)	16	3	48
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice)	16	4	64
Mid-terms	1	13	13
Assignments			0
Final examination	1	35	35
Other	6	15	90
Total Work Load:			250
Total Work Load/25(h):			10
ECTS Credit of the Course:			10