INTERNATIONAL TRADE & DEVELOPMENT2015-2016

SYLLABUS

INTERNATIONAL TRADE – THEORY & POLICY

COURSE CONTENT

Week 1Oct. 5 New developments in international trade theory: the role of spatial economics

Week 2Oct. 19 Regional economics and trade

Week 3Nov. 2 Trade integration and economic frontiers

Week 4Nov. 16 Spatial organization of trade; territorial capital

Week 5Nov. 30 Territorial capital; agglomerations and clusters (1)

Week 6Dec. 14 Agglomerations and clusters (2)

Week 7Jan. 18 Regional/global productive networks

Semester I: INTERNATIONAL TRADE – THEORY

SEMINAR CONTENT

Week 1 Assignment of team responsibilities*

Week 2 Assignment of individual responsibilities: the literature review work*

Weeks 3-5 Methodological background: data collection, data processing, presentation and interpretation of findings

Week 6 Methodological background (continued)Submission of the literature review

Week 7 Discussion on literature reviews

Week 8 Discussion on data collection

Weeks 9-12 Discussion on data collection & preliminary findings

Week 13 Submission of the research report

Week 14 Discussion on research report and project evaluation

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* Individual and team project: Territorial capital, regional identity, and international specialization

Research objectives To understand the role of territorial assets and their impact on country specialization

To select the relevant themes of research from the study of literature

To develop critical examination skills in respect to the relevant literature

To develop skills in elaborating a case study

To apply a selected methodology and arrive at relevant results and conclusions

ContentAll submitted reports of about 25 pages must follow the following structure and reflect assigned work responsibilities accordingly:

1. Introduction: a summary of research objectives, methodology and main results. [Team work]

2. Literature review [Individual work]2.1 Overview of international experiences2.2 Cross-border externalities: typology and impact on policy coordination

3. Cross-border policy coordination in […] [Team work]3.1 Methodology3.2 Results3.3 Discussion

4. Conclusions [Team work]

Style guideSeparate pdf file

Core texts

Camagni, C., Capello, R. (2013), “Regional Competitiveness and Territorial Capital: A Conceptual Approach and Empirical Evidence from the European Union”, Regional Studies 47 (9), pp. 1383-1402.

Cojanu, Valentin (2013), “On economic frontiers: exploring the rationale behind development and modern market integration”, Economic Research 26(4): 1-20

Cojanu, Valentin (2012), “Beyond the ‘Nation State’: The Quest for New Territorial Paradigms in an Interconnected World Economy”, Transition Studies Review 18(3): 498-511

Henderson, J. V., Shalizi Z., Venables, A. J. (2001), “Geography and development”, Journal of Economic Geography 1(1): 81-105

Johansson, B., Quigley, John M. (2004), “Agglomeration and networks in spatial economies”, Papers Reg. Sci. 83: 165–176

Piermartini, Roberta (2005), „The WTO: Economic Underpinnings”, Geneva, WTOPorter, Michael (2001), “Location, competition, and economic development: local clusters in a

global economy”, Economic Development Quarterly 14(1) (February): 15-34Talbot, Damien (2007), “Institutions as creators of proximities”, Paper to be presented at the

DRUID Summer Conference on “Appropriability, proximity, routines and innovation”, Copenhagen, CBS, Denmark, June 18 - 20, 2007

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Research literature

To be handed out during seminar classes

Course evaluation

Literature review 40%Final written examination 20%Team project 40% (10% + 30%)

Course Web page and contact address

http://sweconomics.wix.com/socialworldeconomics

Valentin Cojanu 27/04/2023

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