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Instructors: Prof. Dr. Andreas Knorr
Event type:
Seminar
Org-unit: Corporate Management & Economics
Displayed in timetable as:
Int. Trade
Hours per week:
3
Credits:
6,0
Note: In your exam regulations, differing credits may have been specified.
Location:
Campus der Zeppelin Universität
Language of instruction:
Englisch
Min. | Max. participants:
10 | 35
Priority scheme: Standard-Priorisierung
Course content:
Course description and course objectives:
Students will
- be introduced to the essential economic models of international trade (determinants; specialization patterns; welfare effects);
- acquire an in-depth knowledge of trade policy instruments;
- discuss the economic and political arguments for/against free trade;
- be familiarized with the role and influence of special interest groups, bureaucracies and international organisations in the process of shaping trade policy at the national, the supranational and the international levels;
- become acquainted with the main elements of the institutional framework of international trade and the objectives, structure and competences of the most relevant international and supranational organisations;
- discuss select contemporary issues in international trade policy, including its nexus with other policy areas such as environmental policy, as well as the national trade policies of the world’s largest economies in case studies.
The full list of presentation topics is available under "material".
Further information about the exams:
A 90 minute written examination will cover the entire seminar. It will be held approximately two to four weeks after the final seminar session. The weight of the exam mark will be 100%
In order to be permitted to sit for the written exam, seminar participants must produce a 30 minute powerpoint presentation of one of the seminar topics and present it in class. The presentation slides and the presentation itself will not be marked but must be turned in before the seminar session begin (for details see "Seminar guidelines").
Please download the reading list to prepare for both the presentations and the written exam (for details see "introductory reading list").
Mandatory literature:
See separate reading list under "material".
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