IPEC 240

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1	Date of Class	Material Covered in Class	Reading for Next Time (5th edition)	Assignments	4th edition pages	3rd edition pages
2	13 Feb	Introduction	FT Chapter 1 p. 1-5, 11-18; Samuelson Nordhaus p. 84-85, 101-104 (review of utility and indifference curves)		FT Ch 1 1-5, 11-17	FT Ch 1 1-5, 11-15
3	15 Feb	Utility and Indifference Curves	Notes on Utility (for Monday); FT Chapter 2 p. 31-42 (for Tuesday)		FT Ch 2 29-42	FT Ch 2 27-40
4	20 Feb	Ricardian Model: Autarky	FT Chapter 2 p. 42-47	Problem Set 1 due Thurs 22 Feb	FT Ch 2 42-47	FT Ch 2 41-47
5	22 Feb	Ricardian Model: Trade	For Monday: 2 news articles and 2 YouTube videos; for Tuesday: no new reading (work on PS 2)
6	27 Feb	Ricardian Model: Extension	Handout on Ricardian Model Extension; TAA websites; FT Chapter 4 p. 91-101	Problem Set 2 due Thurs 29 Feb	FT Ch 4 89-100	FT Ch 4 87-98
7	29 Feb	HO Model: Set-Up, Gains from Trade, HO Theorem	FT Chapter 4 p. 101-109, 112-117		FT Ch 4 100-108, 111-116	FT Ch 4 98-106, 110-114
8	5 Mar	HO Model: SS Theorem, Trade and Inequality	Autor et al. China Shock paper (link for group work)	Problem Set 3 due Fri 8 Mar by noon
9	7 Mar	Autor et al. China Shock paper	None	Midterm 1 Tues 12 Mar in class
10	12 Mar	Midterm 1	FT Chapter 8 p. 235-251		FT Ch 8 241-259	FT Ch 8 233-251
11	14 Mar	Consumer and Producer Surplus, Tariffs (Small Country)	FT Chapter 8 p. 256-263 + US Lumber Tariff Article		FT Ch 8 263-270	FT Ch 8 256-263
12	26 Mar	Tariffs (Large Country), Optimal Tariffs	FT Chapter 11 p. 357-365, 369-373		FT Ch 11 375-384, 388-393	FT Ch 11 367-380
13	28 Mar	Trade Agreements, Role of WTO	Economist WTO Appellate Body Article (for Monday); FT Chapter 9 p. 300-310 (for Tuesday)	Problem Set 4 due Tues 2 Apr	FT Ch 9 311-325	FT Ch 9 304-319
14	2 Apr	Infant Industry Protection	FT Chapter 10 p. 317-328		FT Ch 10 333-345	FT Ch 10 327-340
15	4 Apr	Export Subsidies	FT Chapter 10 p. 328-333 + Benin Cotton Article		FT Ch 10 346-349	FT Ch 10 340-343
16	9 Apr	Production Subsidies, Targeting Principle	Reuters Trade War Article + Amiti et al. p. 187-202	Problem Set 5 due Thurs 11 Apr
17	11 Apr	US Trade Policy Since 2018	None	Midterm 2 Tues 16 Apr in class
18	16 Apr	Midterm 2	FT Chapter 16 p. 533-555		FT Ch 16: 579-604	FT Ch 16: 567-592
19	18 Apr	Circular Flow Diagram, Balance of Payments, Global Imbalances	FT Chapter 13 p. 413-426, Chapter 15 p. 492-497		FT Ch 13: 447-461; Ch 15: 534-540	FT Ch 13: 435-449; Ch 15: 522-528
20	23 Apr	Intro to Exchange Rates, UIP, PPP	FT Chapter 14 p. 447-452, Chapter 18 p. 621-628, 632-642		FT Ch 14: 485-490; Ch 18: 675-683, 685-686, 689-698	FT Ch 14: 473-478; FT Ch 18: 663-671, 675-684
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