TEORÍA DEL COMERCIO INTERNACIONAL

 

MASTER OFICIAL EN ANÁLISIS ECONÓMICO APLICADO

 

Prof. Dr. Gonzalo Rodríguez Prada

Curso 2008/09

 

Reading List

 

http://www2.uah.es/gonzalo_rodriguez_prada/

 

 

 

1. Introducción: ventaja comparativa y globalización. La teoría clásica de la ventaja comparativa. El modelo de Dornbusch-Fischer-Samuelson. Comercio y crecimiento.

 

 

K & O, caps. 1, 2 y 3.

 

MARKUSEN et al., cap. 7.

 

MARREWIJK, caps. 1, 2 y 3.

 

FEENSTRA, cap. 1.

 

DE LA DEHESA, caps. 1, 2 y 12.

 

Ricardo's Difficult Idea

  • Paul Krugman, Marzo 1996 

Free Trade: Why are Economists and Noneconomists So Far Apart?

  • William Poole, Junio 2004

 

The Adam Smith address: What difference does globalization make?

  • Paul Krugman, Enero 1996

 

Economic Report of the President, 2008, Cap. 3, “The Causes and Consequences of Export Growth”.

 

Dornbusch, R., S. Fisher y P. Samuelson: “Comparative Advantage, Trade and Payments in a Ricardian Model with a Continuum of Goods,” American Economic Review, Dic. 1977.

 

2. El modelo neoclásico de la ventaja comparativa. Teoremas fundamentales. La distribución de la renta según el modelo neoclásico y el modelo de factores de producción específicos. Extensiones: la hipótesis de Linder. Un enfoque dinámico de la ventaja comparativa.

 

 

K & O, caps. 4 y 5.

 

MARKUSEN et al., caps. 8, 9 y 13.

 

MARREWIJK, caps. 4 a 8.

 

FEENSTRA, cap. 2.

 

DE LA DEHESA, caps. 3, 4 y 11.

 

 

The Stolper-Samuelson Theorem

 

  • Peter Neary . Encyclopedia of World Trade Since 1450, ed. J.J. McCusker et al., New York: Macmillan Reference.

 

Trade and Wages Reconsidered

 

·        Paul Krugman, Feb. 2008.

 

Krugman's Conundrum

 

·        The Economist, Abril  2008.

 

Mussa, M.: “Tariffs and the Distribution of Income: Importance of Factor Specificity, Substitutability, and the Intensity in the Short and Long Run,” Journal of Political Economy, Dic. 1974.

 

3. Comercio internacional con rendimientos crecientes y competencia imperfecta. El comercio intraindustrial. Evidencia empírica.

 

 

K & O, cap. 6.

 

MARKUSEN et al., caps. 11, 12 y 14.

 

MARREWIJK, caps. 9 y 10.

 

FEENSTRA, cap. 5.

 

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Free Trade: What Now?

  • Jagdish N. Bhagwati, Mayo 1998.

Trading Places. Why do nations trade and where do industries locate?

  • Douglas Clement, Dic. 2002

 

Economic Report of the President, 2005, Cap. 8: “Modern International Trade”.

  

EJERCICIOS

 

 

4. Movilidad internacional de los factores productivos. La inversión extranjera directa y las empresas multinacionales. Deslocalización: outsourcing y offshoring.

 

 

K & O, cap. 7.

 

MARKUSEN et al., caps. 21 y 22.

 

MARREWIJK, caps. 14 y 15.

 

FEENSTRA, cap. 10.

 

DE LA DEHESA, cap. 5 y 13.

 

 

Competitiveness: Does it matter?

 

  • Paul Krugman, Julio 1994

 

Competitiveness- a Dangerous Obsession

  • Paul Krugman, Mayo 1994

 

A Country Is Not a Company

  • Paul Krugman, Feb. 1996

A New Vocabulary for Trade

  • Jagdish N. Bhagwati, Wall Street Journal, Agosto 4, 2005  

 

Offshoring: The Next Industrial Revolution?

 

  • Alan S. Blinder

 

Where Ricardo and Mill Rebut and Confirm Arguments of Mainstream

Economists Supporting Globalization

 

  • Paul A. Samuelson

Why the Recent Samuelson Article is NOT about Offshore Outsourcing

  • Arvind Panagariya, 2004

Offshore Face-Off

  • Jagdish N. Bhagwati, Wall Street Journal, Mayo 10, 2004

Why Your Job Isn't Moving to Bangalore

  • Jagdish N. Bhagwati, The New York Times, Febrero 15, 2004

Nagging doubts about the benefits of globalisation, and a look at the evidence

  • Arvind Panagariya,  Economics focus - Trade disputes - Sep. 16 2004. The Economist.

 

Truth and Consequences of Offshoring

  • L. Josh Bivens, Economic Policy Institute, 2005

 

The Muddles over Outsourcing

 

  • Jagdish Bhagwati, Arvind Panagariya y T.N. Srinivasan

 

Economic Report of the President,, 2007, Cap. 8: “International Trade and Investment”.

 

 EJERCICIOS

 

 

5. Políticas Comerciales. Los aranceles y sus efectos. Políticas comerciales estratégicas. La economía política de las políticas comerciales. Acuerdos preferenciales y procesos de integración económica.

 

 

K & O, caps. 8-11.

 

MARKUSEN et al., caps. 15-20.

 

MARREWIJK, caps. 8, 11-13.

 

FEENSTRA, caps. 6-9.

Does Third World Growth Hurt First World Prosperity?

  • Paul Krugman, Agosto 1994

 

The Consensus For Free Trade Among Economists — Has It Frayed?

  • Jagdish N. Bhagwati, WTO Lecture, Octubre 2007.

 

Free Trade Under Fire

  • Jagdish N. Bhagwati, WTO Lecture, Junio 2008.

 

World BankGlobal Economic Prospects 2005: Trade, Regionalism and Dev elopment

 

  • Chapter 1: Global Outlook and the Developing Countries

  • Chapter 2: Regional Trade and Preferential Trading Agreements: A Global Perspective

  • Chapter 3: Regional Trade Agreements: Effects on Trade

  • Chapter 4:  Beyond Trade Policy Barriers: Lowering Trade Cost Together

  • Chapter 5:  Beyond Merchandise Trade: Services, Investments, Intellectual Property and Labor Mobility

  • Chapter 6: Making Regionalism Complementary to Multilaterialism

 

What should trade negotiators negotiate about?

  • Paul Krugman, Marzo 1997

 

Trade and the US Presidential Election

  • Daniel Griswold, Real Instituto Elcano, Sep. 2008

 

Bhagwati, J.: Protectionism. The M.I.T. Press. 1988.

Bhagwati, J.: In Defense of Globalization. Oxford University Press, 2004.

Vousden, N.: The Economics of Trade Protection. Cambridge University Press. 1990.

 EJERCICIOS

 

 

REFERENCIAS:

 

 

K & O: Paul R. KRUGMAN y Maurice OBSTFELD: International Economics. Theory and Policy, 8ª edición, Pearson, 2008. 

·        Última versión en español: Economía Internacional. Teoría y Política, 7ª edición, Pearson, Addison Wesley,  2006.

MARKUSEN, J. R., J. R. MELVIN, W. H. KAEMPFER y K. E. MASKUS: International Trade. Theory and Evidence. McGraw-Hill, 1995.

MARREWIJK, C.: International Trade and the World Economy. OxfordUniversity Press, 2004.

FEENSTRA, R.C.: Advanced International Trade: Theory and Evidence. Princeton University Press, 2003.

DE LA DEHESA, G.: Comprender la globalización. Alianza Editorial, 2007.

Bajo, O.: Teorías del Comercio Internacional. Antoni Bosch ed. 1991.

Bhagwati, J.: Protectionism. The M.I.T. Press. 1988.

Bhagwati, J.: In Defense of Globalization. Oxford University Press, 2004.

De la Dehesa, G: Globalización, desigualdad y pobreza. Alianza Editorial, 2003.

Dixit, A. y V. Norman: Theory of International Trade. Cambridge University Press, 1980.

Greenaway, D. y L. A. Winters (eds.): Surveys in International Trade. Blackwell Publishers, 1994.

Grossman, G.M. y E. Helpman: Innovation and Growth in the Global Economy. The MIT Press, 1991.

Grossman, G.M. y K. Rogoff (eds.): Handbook of International Economics, Vol. III, North Holland, 1995.

Helpman, E. y P. Krugman: Market Structure and Foreign Trade. The MIT Press, 1985.

Helpman, E. y P. Krugman: Trade Policy and Market Structure, The MIT Press, 1989.

Krugman, P. R.: Rethinking International Trade. M.I.T. Press, 1990.

Krugman, P. R. (ed.) : Strategic Trade Policy and the New International Economics. M.I.T. Press. 1986

Krugman, P. R.: Pop Internationalism, The M.I.T. Press, 1996. (Versión española: El internacionalismo moderno. Ed. Crítica-Grijalbo-Mondadori, 1997).

Razin, A. y E. Sadka: Labor, Capital and Finance: International Flows. Cambridge University Press, 2001

Razin, A. y E. Sadka: Foreign Direct Investment: Analysis of Aggregate Flows. Princeton University Press, 2007

Stiglitz, J. E.: Cómo hacer que funcione bien la globalización. Taurus, 2006.

Vousden, N.: The Economics of Trade Protection. Cambridge University Press. 1990.