Kirsten Wandschneider Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Economics and IPE

Periodically I will post lecture notes or handouts from class. This will not be done for every lecture.

2/8: International Economics - Why Do We Care? Topics

2/10: How Nations Can Gain from International Trade: Lecture Notes

Worksheet on Comparative Advantage

2/15: Sources of Comparative Advantage

2/17: Regulating International Trade: Tariffs (Part 1) (Part 2) Worksheet: Large Country

2/22: Trade Policies and Their Effects QUOTAS: PPT QUOTAS: PDF

2/24: Arguments for Restricting Trade (no PPT): Worksheet on strategic trade policy

3/1: Trade and Labor (no PPT) Discussion Sheet

3/3: Can Globalization Lift all Boats? PPT PDF

3/8: Regionalism vs. Multilateralism: PPT PDF

3/10: Midterm Exam in Class

3/15: Trade Policy as Political Tool, Case study: Sanctions in Iraq

3/17: The Role of the WTO: no PPT.

3/29: No Class

3/31: Industrial Structure in the Global Economy: PPT PDF

4/5: Balance of Payments PPT PDF

4/7: Foreign Exchange Markets PPT

4/12: The Power of Arbitrage PPT PDF

4/14: Exchange Rate Systems Past to Present: The Gold Standard and Inter-war (no PPT)

4/19: Exchange Rate Systems Past to Present: Bretton Woods and Floating (no PPT)

4/26: Global Money and Banking (no PPT)

4/28: Financial Crises --- Screening: Frontline "The Crash"(in class).

5/3: Proposals for a New Financial World Order: Handout

5/5: Open Discussion & Review: Practice Final Exam

FINAL EXAM: May 14th, 9am-noon, WNS 202