Learning Results
1.This subject aims at developing the student’s skills regarding mainly the understanding of the main macroeconomic
aggregates and the way they interact.
2. To supply the students the main theoretical body of the International Economics, with support in
macroeconomic principles.
2. To supply a theoretical framework, for students to be able to understand the empirical events in open
economies.
3. To stimulate students to have a critical opinion on topics related to the course.
4. To give an overview of the theoretical evolution of this discipline, connecting it with historical events.
Program
1. Labour Productivity and Comparative Advantage: the Ricardian Model
2. Resources, comparative Advantage and Income Distribution: Heckscher-Ohlin.
Part B: International Factor Movements
4. International Borrowing and Lending
5. Foreign Direct Investment: theory and effects
Part C: Trade Policy
6. The Instruments of Trade Policy
7. Controversies in Trade Policy
Internship(s)
NAO
Bibliography
Krugman, Paul R. e OBSTEFELD, Maurice (2003), International Economics, 6th edition, New York, Addison-
Wesley.