International Trade

Subject ECON40003 (2012)

Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2012.

Credit Points: 12.50
Level: 4 (Undergraduate)
Dates & Locations:

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2012:

Semester 2, Parkville - Taught on campus.
Pre-teaching Period Start not applicable
Teaching Period not applicable
Assessment Period End not applicable
Last date to Self-Enrol not applicable
Census Date not applicable
Last date to Withdraw without fail not applicable


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Time Commitment: Contact Hours: Three hours of lectures per week
Total Time Commitment: Not available
Prerequisites:

Admission into BH-COM or BH-ARTS (Economics) and

Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Corequisites:

None
Recommended Background Knowledge:

Please refer to Prerequisites and Corequisites.
Non Allowed Subjects:

Students may not gain credit for both 316-404 International Trade and 316-669 International Trade.

Core Participation Requirements:

For the purposes of considering requests for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Students Experiencing Academic Disadvantage Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Description, Subject Objectives, Generic Skills and Assessment Requirements for this entry.

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Coordinator

Prof Phillip Mccalman

Contact

mccalman@unimelb.edu.au

Subject Overview:

Topics include determinants of the patterns of trade and the gains from trade; the analytics of the instruments of trade policy under different market structures; the political economy of trade policy; the economics of preferential trade agreements; and the role of the World Trade Organisation.
Objectives:

Information not available.
Assessment:

A 2-hour end-of-semester examination (70%) and class assignments totalling not more than 3000 words (30%).
Prescribed Texts:

International Trade: Theory and Evidence (J Markusen, W Melvin, W Kaempfer and K Maskus), McGraw-Hill, 1995
Breadth Options:

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.
Fees Information: Subject EFTSL, Level, Discipline & Census Date
Generic Skills:

  • High level of development: written communication; application of theory to practice; critical thinking; receptiveness to alternative ideas.

  • Moderate level of development: interpretation and analysis.

  • Some level of development: oral communication; problem solving.
Notes:

Students may not gain credit for both 316-404 International Trade and 316-669 International Trade.

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