《国际经济与贸易》教学大纲课程编号:112602B课程类型:□通识教育必修课□通识教育选修课□专业必修课√专业选修课□学科基础课总学时:32 讲课学时: 32学分:2适用对象:金融学(国际金融英文班)先修课程:经济学、金融学一、教学目标本课程的主要目标:本门课程的教学,旨在使学生了解和掌握《国际经济学》中的主要理论和研究方法,并能灵活运用所学的理论和方法研究和分析国际经济领域的问题和现象,认识现象和问题的本质属性。
Through the teaching of this course, students should know and seize the major theories and inquisitive method of the international economics. Meanwhile, students should be able to research and analyze some problem and phenomena and understand the substantial properties in the field of international economy according to the theories and methods studied in this course.二、教学内容及其与毕业要求的对应关系要求学生掌握国际贸易基本理论、基本知识,了解当代国际贸易的热点问题及发展趋势,把握国际贸易理论研究前沿。
学完本课程后,应达到以下基本要求:1、了解国际贸易理论前沿和发展状况,能够理解和掌握国际贸易基本概念、历史、理论、政策、新趋势和新实践等基本知识,掌握国际贸易基本方法和基本知识;2、了解国际贸易实践,通过案例教学把握国际贸易的实际情况,能够理论联系实际解决问题,具有分析和解决国际贸易实际问题的能力和研究、分析和编写报告的能力;3、使学生能够运用所学知识,正确分析和解释国际贸易问题与现象。
提高学生应用国际贸易的基本知识分析和处理国际贸易问题的能力。
为学生进一步学好其他相关课程,以及毕业后能顺利从事国际金融等相关工作打下坚实的基础。
三、各教学环节学时分配(黑体,小四号字)四、教学内容Chapter 1Introduction1.1 What is international economics?1.2 Seven themes of international economics(1) The gains from trade;(2) The pattern of trade;(3) How much trade(4) The balance of payments(5) Exchange rate determination(6) International policy coordination(7) The international capital market1.3 The main two parts of International Economics: trade and money(1) Two Subfields: International trade; International money(2) The relationship between international trade and international money本章重点和难点: the seven themes which discussed in international economics.本章教学组织和设计:lecture and case study.本章的学习标准:The intent of this chapter is to provide both an overview of the subject matter of international economics and to provide a guide to the organization of the text. Students need to master the framework of international economics. At this chapter, students should understand the effects of dislocations due to international competition, and their experience through travel abroad.需要达到的要求:了解练习题:1.What's international economics?2. What's the relationship between international trade and internationalmoney?Chapter 2Labor Productivity and Comparative Advantage: The Ricardian Model2.1The concept of comparative advantage(1) Opportunity cost(2) A numerical example(3) What's comparative advantageIf the opportunity cost of producing a goods in terms of other goods is lower in a country thanit is in other country, then a country has a comparative advantage in producing that goods.2.2 A one-factor economy(1) Assumptions(2) Production possibilities(3) Relative prices and supply2.3. Trade in a one-factor world(1) Determining the relative price after trade, In the Ricardian model, countries will exportgoods that their labor produces relatively efficiently and import goods that their labor produces relatively inefficiently.(2) The gains from trade(3) Relative wages2.4 Misconceptions about comparative advantage2.5 Adding transport costs and nontraded goods本章重点和难点:The key content of this chapter is the Ricardian model. Students shouldknow why international trade take place, how a nation can gain from trade, what the pattern of trade would be constructed under the model.本章教学组织和设计:lecture and case study.本章的学习标准:Students should master concepts such as comparative advantage, absoluteadvantage, relative wages specialization, the Ricardian model, opportunity cost. At this chapter, students should know about the general equilibrium, and the gains from trade, the pattern of trade, trade amount, determining the relative wage with a two-goodsmodel under the Ricardian model.需要达到的要求:掌握练习题:1.What's the comparative advantage?2.How to describe the Ricardian model?3.How to determine pattern of trade in the Ricardian model?4.What's your opinion on the pauper labor argument?Chapter 3Specific Factors and Income Distribution3.1 The specific factors model(1) Assumptions of the Model(2) Production Possibilities(3) Prices, Wages, and Labor Allocationbor allocation2.The relationship between relative prices and output3. An equal proportional change in prices4. A change in relative prices(4) Relative Prices and the Distribution of Income3.2 International Trade in the Specific Factors Model (1) Resources and Relative Supply1.Assumption2.Change in resource and relative supply3.RS for 2 countries(2) Trade and Relative Prices(3) The Pattern of Trade1.Budget constraint2.The pattern of Trade(4) Income Distribution and the Gains from Trade1.The effects of trade on particular groupsIn general, trade benefits the factor that is specific to the exportsector of each country but hurts the factor specific to the import-competing sectors, with ambiguous effects on mobile factors.2.The effects of trade on the welfare of a country as a whole3.3 The Political Economy of Trade(1) Optimal Trade Policy(2) Income Distribution and Trade Politics本章重点和难点:The key content of this chapter is how to use graph to analyze income distribution and the gains from international trade, the pattern of trade, under the specific-factors model.本章教学组织和设计:lecture and case study.本章的学习标准:Students should master concepts such as mobile factor, specific factors, optimal trade policy, specific-factors model. At this chapter, students should be familiar with the specific-factors model, know how to use graph to analyze income distribution and the gains from international trade, the pattern of trade. A solid understanding of those topics proves useful in other parts of this course when students try to know the distinction between the Ricardian model and the specific-factors model, and why protectionism is so heatedly discussed in the press.需要达到的要求:掌握练习题:1.Do Land owners support the free trade policy when land is specific to theimport-competing sector? Why?2. Describe the specific factor model.Chapter 4Resources and Trade: The Heckscher-Ohlin Model4.1A Model of a Two-Factor Economy(1) Assumptions of the Model(2) Factor Prices and Goods Prices4.2. Effects of International Trade Between Two-Factor Economies(1) Relative Prices and the Pattern of Trade1.Assumption2.Relative supply for 2 countries and relative price of cloth in 2countries3.The pattern of trade(2) Trade and the Distribution of Income1.Income distribution effect2.Comparing the income distribution effects of trade of 2 models(3) Factor Price Equalization4.3 Empirical evidence on H-O Model(1)The Leotief Paradox(2) Other tests on H-O model本章重点和难点:The key content of this chapter is how to use graph to analyze incomedistribution and the gains from international trade, the pattern of trade, in the Heckscher-Ohlin Theorem.本章教学组织和设计:lecture and case study.本章的学习标准:Students need to master concepts such as Factor Intensity, Factor Abundance, Stolper-Samuelson Theorem, Rybczynski Theorem, Heckscher-Ohlin Theorem, Factor-Price Equalization Theorem, the Leontief paradox. At this chapter, students should be familiar with the Heckscher-Ohlin Theorem, and know how to use graph to analyze income distribution and the gains from international trade, the pattern of trade. It is important to understand why empirical results could not support itspredictions on the patterns of trade according the resource endowments. A solid understanding of those topics proves useful in other parts of this course when students need to understand the political implications of factor price equalization and the distinction among the Ricardian model, the specific-factors model and the Heckscher-Ohlin Theorem.需要达到的要求:理解练习题:1.Describe the pattern of trade under H-O model.2.What's the income distribution effect of trade under H-O model?3.What's Factor-price Equalization Theorem4.How to explain The Leotief Paradox?CHAPTER 5The Standard Trade Model5.1.A Standard Model of a Trading Economy(1) Production Possibilities and Relative Supply1.Isovalue line2.The production point and the relative supply(2) Relative Prices and Demand1.The relationship among production, consumption and trade2.The relative price and the relative demand(3) The Welfare Effect of Changes in the Terms of Trade(4) Determining Relative Prices5.2. Economic Growth: A Shift of the RS Curve(1) Growth and the Production Possibility FrontierExport-biased growth and import-biased growth(2) Relative Supply and the Terms of Trade(3) International Effects of Growth1.Biased growth and effects of trade2.Immiserizing Growth5.3. International Transfers of Income: Shifting the RD Curve(1) The Transfer ProblemDebate on The international transfer(2) Effects of a Transfer on the Terms of Trade1. International Transfer of income and the Shift in RD2. A transfer worsens donor's terms of trade3. A transfer improves the donor's terms of trade(3) Presumptions about the Terms of Trade Effects of Transfers5.4. Tariffs and Export Subsidies: Simultaneous Shifts in RS and RD(ⅰ)Relative Demand and Supply Effects of a Tariff1. External prices and internal prices2. Tariff and RS3. Tariff and RD4. Tariff and the terms of tradeHome's terms of trade improve at foreign's expense when Home impose a tariff. And this effect depends on how large the country imposing the tariff is relative to the rest of the world.(2) Effects of an Export Subsidy(3) Implications of Terms of Trade Effects本章重点和难点:The difficulty of this chapter is the offer curve, and the critical materials of this chapter is how to use the standard trade model to address a wide range of issues, such as the welfare and distributional effects of economic growth, transfers between nations, and tariffs and subsidies on traded goods. Four relationships on which the standard trade model is based upon should be emphasized.本章教学组织和设计:lecture and case study.本章的学习标准:Students need to master concepts such as the standard trade model,terms of trade, offer curve, biased growth, export-biased growth, import-biased growth, immiserizing growth, import tariffs and export subsidies. At this chapter, students need to be familiar with how to use the standard trade model to address a wide range of issues, such as the welfare and distributional effects of economic growth, transfers between nations, and tariffs and subsidies on traded goods. Four relationships which the standard trade model is based upon should be emphasized.需要达到的要求:理解练习题:1.What's terms of trade?2. Discuss the terms of trade in China when cloth-biased growth happens in any country.3. Examine the welfare effects of Japanese aids on China.4. How is the terms of trade for a large country when this country imposes atariff?Chapter 6Economic of Scale, Imperfect Competition, and International Trade6.1Economies of Scale and Market Structure6.2 The Theory of Imperfect Competition(1) MR and AC in Monopolistic market(2) Monopolistic Competition6.3. Monopolistic Competition and Trade(1) The Effects of Increased Market Size(2) Economies of Scale and Comparative Advantage(3) The Significance of Intra-industry Trade6.4. Dumping(1) The Economics of Dumping(2) Reciprocal Dumping6.5 External Economies and International Trade(1) External Economies and the Pattern of Trade(2) Trade and Welfare with External Economies1. Effects of trade on Home2. Effects of trade on ForeignThe world as a whole is more efficient and thus richer because trade allows nations to specialize in different industries and thus reap the gains from external economies.本章重点和难点:The key content of this chapter is why economies of scale lead to international trade. Main differences between inter-industry and intra-industry trade, main reasons why a cluster of firms may be more efficient than an individual firm in isolation, the patter of trade and welfare with external economies should be emphasized.本章教学组织和设计:lecture and case study.本章的学习标准:Students should master concepts such as internal economies of scale, external economies of scale, marginal revenue, intra-industry trade, inter-industry trade, dumping, learning curve, dynamic increasing returns. At this chapter, students should know why trade can occur when there are no technological or endowment differences, but when there are economies of scale or increasing returns in production. Students need to be familiar with distributional effects of trade when motivated by comparative advantage with those when trade is motivated by increasing returns to scale in production, main differences between inter-industry and intra-industry trade, main reasons why a cluster of firms may be more efficient than an individual firm in isolation, the patter of trade and welfare with external economies. A solid understanding of those topics proves useful in other parts of this course when students need to understand reciprocal dumping and limitations of the monopolistic competition model.需要达到的要求:掌握练习题:1.What's terms of trade?2.What's the benefit of intra-industry trade?3. what's the difference between intra-industry trade and interindustry trade?4. Is there any benefit for the reciprocal dumping? Why?Chapter 7The Instruments of Trade Policy7.1. Basic Tariff Analysis(1) Supply, Demand, and Trade in a Single Industry(2) Effects of a Tariff(3) Measuring the Amount of Protection7.2. Costs and Benefits of a Tariff(1) Consumer and Producer Surplus(2) Measuring the Costs and Benefits7.3. Other Instruments of Trade Policy(1) Export Subsidies: Theory1. Subsidy and price change2. The Welfare Effect of Subsidies(2) Import Quotas: Theory(3) V oluntary Export Restraints(4) Local Content Requirements(5) Other Trade Policy Instruments本章重点和难点:Analyzing the economic effects of trade policies by describing the tools of trade policy and analyzing their effects on consumers and producers in domestic and foreign countries, taking a partial equilibrium view should be emphasized.本章教学组织和设计:lecture and case study.本章的学习标准:Students need to master concepts such as specific tariffs, ad valorem tariffs, export subsidies, import quotas, voluntary export restraints, local content requirements, the effective rate of protection, Consumer surplus, Producer surplus, consumption distortionary efficiency losses, distortionary efficiency losses, gains from terms of trade improvement At this chapter, students need to be familiar with analyzing the economic effects of trade policies by describing the tools of trade policy and analyzing their effects on consumers and producers in domestic and foreign countries, taking a partial equilibrium view.需要达到的要求:理解练习题:1.What's import quota?2.How to examine the welfare effect of a tariff in a small country case3. What's the welfare effect of subsidies?4. What's the welfare effect of import quota?Chapter 8Economic Integration: Customs Unions and Free Trade Area8.1 The Case for Free Trade(1) Free Trade and Efficiency(2) Additional Gains from Free Trade(3) Political Arguments for Free Trade8.2 National Welfare Arguments against Free Trade(1) The Terms of Trade Argument for a Tariff(2) The Domestic Market Failure Argument against Free Trade(3) How Convincing is the Market Failure Argument?8.3 Income Distribution and Trade Policy(1) Electoral Competition(2) Collective Action(3) Modeling the Political Process(4) Who Gets Protected?本章重点和难点:The key content of this chapter is the concepts such as the theory of the customs unions, especially the concept of trade creation and trade diversion.本章教学组织和设计:lecture and case study.本章的学习标准:In this chapter, we examine economic integration in general and customs unions in particular. The theory of economic integration would be the critical theories understood by students. They should keep in mind of some very important concepts such as trade creation and trade diversion. At this chapter, students need to bealso familiar with the theory of the second best, free trade area, customs unions and common market.需要达到的要求:掌握练习题:Which argument do you support, free trade or protection? Why?五、考核方式、成绩评定本课程以课堂教学为主,提倡运用现代化教学手段,授课教师根据情况可适当安排课堂讨论、专题讲座、实务观摩等。