COURSE TITLE:
|COURSE TITLE: INTERNATIONAL TRADE |
|SEMESTER: (WINTER or SUMMER) |
|TEACHER’S NAME: Associate Professor Emil Himirsky, PhD |
|OFFICE: |
|E-MAIL: |
|Annotation |
|The lecture course includes the following parts: |
|Classical and contemporary theory of foreign trade. |
|Foreign trade policy. |
|Economic growth, economic development and international trade. |
| |
|The structure of all lecture courses on International Trade is as follows: |
|The first part includes in particular the principle of absolute and relative advantages, the questions of supply and demand in |
|international trade, the problems of specialization and distribution of the gains from trade. Examines is also the law of reciprocal |
|demand, the economic sense and drawing of offer curves, the theoretical model Heksher-Olin and the Leontiev paradox. |
|The second part includes the themes connected with the theory of tariffs, the mechanism of the tariff action, the effective rate of |
|protection, the classification and the specific character of the action of non-tariff regulators in international trade. Practical |
|importance ave the questions connected with the application of the most favored nations clause in GATT and now WTO. Analyzed are also |
|the forms on integration and their importance on foreign trade development. |
|The third part examines the essence of the economic growth, the peculiarities of the economic development in the developing countries, |
|the commodity export as an engine of economic development. Special attention is paid to the external sources of economic development and|
|their influence of the international trade. |
|LANGUAGE OF TEACHING |
|ENGLISH |
|COURSE CONTENT (TOPICS) |
|Classical Theory of International Trade |
|The Principle of the Comparative Advantages |
|Modern Theory of International Trade |
|Reciprocal Demand Law. Offer Curves. |
|Heksher-Olin Theoretical Model |
|Empirical Prove of the Ricardo and Heksher-Olin Models |
|Foreign Trade Policy. Tools of the Foreign Trade policy. |
|Tariffs and Tariff Policy. Nominal and Effective Rate of Protection |
|Non-Tariffs Barriers in International Trade |
|Most – Favored Nations Principle. GATT/WTO and the International Trade Liberalization |
|Economic Integration and International Trade |
|Economic Growth and Economic Development |
|The Commodities Export and the Economic Development |
|Classical and Modern Theory of International Trade |
|The Law of Reciprocal Demand. Offer Curves |
|Heksher-Olin Theoretical Model |
|Tariffs and Tariff Policy. Nominal and Effective Rate of Protection. Non Tariff Barriers in International Trade |
|Most Favored Nations Principle. GATT/WTO and International Trade Liberalization |
|Economic Growth and Economic Development |
|The Commodity Export and Economic Development |
|Trade Strategies |
|METHODS OF TEACHING |
|The teaching is done trough the combination and expand of lectures with seminars, cases, Power point, slides and other technical devices|
|are used. |
|INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENTS: |
|Course work is assigned on international trade problems to each student /20-30 pages/ |
|LEARNING OUTCOMES |
|The course will provide basic knowledge to students on the classical and the contemporary theory of international trade, on the |
|contemporary means of foreign trade policy, on problems of liberalization of foreign trade within GATT and WTO, on problems connected |
|with the international movement of the factors of production, on economic growth and economic development. |
|The knowledge and the skills on International Trade are necessary for the successful studying of the material on the other compulsory |
|and faculty subjects. |
|The teaching forms the theoretical basement, necessary for the professional training of the students from the specialization of |
|“International economic relations”, as well as for the students from other economics specializations with international profile. |
|ASSESTMENT METHODS |
|exam –70%, course work –20%, presence –10% |
|Excellent /6/ |
|Very good /5/ |
|Good /4/ |
|Fair /3/ |
|Poor /2/ |
| |
|A |
|B |
|C |
|D |
|E |
|FX |
|F |
| |
| |
|80% 75% 70% 60% |
| |
|Credits are awarded as provided for in the plan |
|No credits awarded |
|50% |
| |
|REFERENCES (MANDATORY AND RECOMMENDED) |
|А. BASIC |
|Paul Krugman, Maurice Obstfeld, Marc Melitz, International Economics, Theory and Policy, 9 ed., Pearson, UK, 2011 |
|Емил Химирски, Международен икономикс, УИ Стопанство, 1991 |
|Димитър Стойков, Международна търговия, УИ Стопанство, 1996 |
|B. ADDITIONAL |
|Dominick Salvatore, International Economics, John Wiley @ Sons, 2007 |
|James Gerber, International Economics, Pearson International Edition 2010 |
................
................
In order to avoid copyright disputes, this page is only a partial summary.
To fulfill the demand for quickly locating and searching documents.
It is intelligent file search solution for home and business.
Related download
Related searches
- free financial management course online
- personal financial management course online
- financial management course online
- early childhood education course online
- personal finance management course bankruptcy
- personal financial management course navy
- basic airborne course packing list
- financial management course syllabus
- excel training course pdf
- financial management course outline
- writing course middle school
- bankruptcy financial management course free