Marc-Andreas Muendler
International
Trade
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University of California, San Diego
fall 2009: International Trade 101
lecture: TueThu 12:30p-1:50p, Pepper Canyon Hall room 109
section id: 659900
problem set review sections
#1: Wed October 14, 5:00p-6:50p York 2622
#2: Mon November 2, 6:00p-7:50p Center 109
#3: Mon November 30, 6:00p-7:50p Center 109
exam review sections (graded problem sets back)
#1: Mon October 19, 8:00p-9:50p Center 119
#2: Wed November 4, 5:00p-6:50p York 2622
#3: Fri December 4, 5:00p-6:50p Center 105
office hours
: Wed 10:30a-12:00n, Econ 312
(no office hours on Wed Nov 4; extra office hours on Tue Nov 3: 5:00p-6:30p Econ 312)
: Thu 10:00a-12:00n, SH 139
: Wed 9:00a-10:30a, SH 207
: Mon 9:00a-11:00a, Econ 113
exams (Pepper Canyon Hall room 109)
first midterm: Tue October 20, 12:30p-1:50p
second midterm: Thu November 5, 12:30p-1:50p
final: Fri December 11, 11:30a-1:30p
audio
podcast
problem sets
#3, due Tue, December 1
[
zip 186k
]
#2, due Tue, November 3 [
zip 175k
]
#1, due Thu, October 15 [
zip 169k
]
lecture notes
#16, November 24 [
zip 133k
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#15, November 19 [
zip 176k
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#14, November 17 [
zip 132k
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#13, November 12 [
zip 127k
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#12, November 10 [
zip 185k
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#11, November 3 [
zip 198k
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#10, October 29 [
zip 107k
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#9, October 27 [
zip 112k
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#8, October 22 [
zip 145k
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#7, October 15 [
zip 122k
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#6, October 13 [
zip 162k
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#5, October 8 [
zip 137k
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#4, October 6 [
zip 137k
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#3, October 1 [
zip 112k
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#2, September 29 [
zip 121k
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#1, September 24 [
zip 184k
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(Note that printer drivers permit the printing of two, four, or more slides per page.
Lecture notes are left as individual pages to permit individual choices of the number of slides per page.)
organizational handouts
syllabus [
pdf 89k
]
past exams
exams (06s) [
zip 308k
] (solutions to first midterm 06s [
zip 5k
] and second midterm 06s [
zip 2k
])
exams (05s) [
zip 317k
]
exams (03f) [
zip 247k
] (mock exams 03f [
zip 182k
] )
textbook
Krugman & Obstfeld (2008) [
html
] or Krugman & Obstfeld (2005) [
html
]
required readings
Krugman & Obstfeld (2003, 6th edn), Ch. 3, October 1 & 6 [
pdf
]
Feenstra (1998), November 3 [
html
]
Grossman & Helpman (1995), November 19 [
pdf
]
Freeman (1995), November 24 [
html
]
Rodrik (1992), November 24 [
html
]
Horlick & Palmer (2001), December 1 [
pdf
]
Stiglitz and Charlton (2005), Ch. 2, December 1 [
ch. 2 pdf
]
Rodrik (1998), December 3 [
html
]
Williamson (1998), December 3 [
html
]
advanced reading
Melitz (2003), Nov 10 [
pdf
]
histograms [
zip 85k
] (up to second midterm)
typical economics grade distribution
top 2.7 percent: A+
next 14.7 percent: A
next 10.2 percent: A-
next 11.0 percent: B+
next 14.3 percent: B
next 9.2 percent: B-
next 7.3 percent: C+
next 9.8 percent: C
next 5.1 percent: C-
next 3.4 percent: D
next 11.0 percent: F or withdrawal
Last modified: November 15, 2009.
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