《国际经济学》教学大纲

《国际经济学》教学大纲

二、课程的对象和性质

课程对象：本课程适用于全日制金融专业本科生，拟于大二第二学期授课。

课程性质：本课程属于专业必修课。

三、课程的教学目的和要求

Teaching purpose：grasping the theory and practice of international trade can give us a global perspective to the whole economy. The course’s basic goal is to make students set up the consciousness of international economical activity, grasp the basic concept of worldwide business. Teaching requirement：This course trains thinking method of student and uses ability to focus on, adopting classroom teach, case discussion, role act, classroom lecture the teaching method combined together. And it encourages student's classroom to make a speech, participate in

discussing actively.

1.The quantity of the case: more than 10 logic cases, 4 comprehensive cases. Demand to

upgrade a comprehensive case every academic year.

2. Multimedia teaching: PPT courseware demand and this syllabus content are totally

matched.

四、理论教学内容与基本要求（含学时分配）

C h a p t e r1I n t r o d u c t i o n (1 period)

1、Chapter Organization

Introduction

What is International Economics About?

International Economics: Trade and Money

2、This Chapter presents data demonstrating the growth in trade and increasing importance of international economics. This chapter also highlights and briefly discusses seven themes which arise throughout the book. These themes include: 1) the gains from trade; 2) the pattern of trade; 3) protectionism; 4), the balance of payments; 5) exchange rate determination; 6) international policy coordination; and 7) the international capital market. Students will recognize that many of the central policy debates occurring today come under the rubric of one of these themes. Indeed, it is often a fruitful heuristic to use current events to illustrate the force of the key themes and arguments which are presented throughout the text.

C h a p t e r2L a b o r P r o d u c t i v i t y a n d C o m p a r a t i v e A d v a n t a g e:T h e R i c a r d i a n M o d e l（3 periods）

1、Chapter Organization

The Concept of Comparative Advantage

A One-Factor Economy

Production Possibilities

Relative Prices and Supply

Trade in a One-Factor World

Box: Comparative Advantage in Practice: The Case of Babe Ruth

Determining the Relative Price After Trade

The Gains from Trade

A Numerical Example

Box: The Losses from Non-Trade

Relative Wages

Misconceptions About Comparative Advantage

Productivity and Competitiveness

The Pauper Labor Argument

Exploitation

Box: Do Wages Reflect Productivity?

Comparative Advantage with Many Goods

Setting Up the Model

Relative Wages and Specialization

Determining the Relative Wage with a Multigood Model

2、This chapter introduces to international trade theory through the Ricardian model of trade. This

model shows how trade arises when there are two countries, each with one factor of production which can be applied toward production each of two goods. Key concepts are introduced, such as the production possibility frontier, comparative advantage versus absolute advantage, gain from trade, relative prices, and relative wages across countries. The Ricardian model is a useful starting point for developing intuition about why countries gain from trading with each other. By using even as simple a framework as the Ricardian model, one can begin to debunk some common misconceptions concerning comparative advantage.

C h a p t e r3S p e c i f i c F a c t o r s a n d I n c o m e

D i s t r i b u t i o n（3p e r i o d s）

1、Chapter Organization

The Specific Factors Model

Assumptions of the Model

Box: What is a Specific Factor?

Production Possibilities

Prices, Wages, and Labor Allocation

Relative Prices and the Distribution of Income

International Trade in the Specific Factors Model

Resources and Relative Supply

Trade and Relative Prices

The Pattern of Trade

Income Distribution and the Gains From Trade

The Political Economy of Trade: A Preliminary View

Optimal Trade Policy

Box: Specific Factors and the Beginnings of Trade Theory

Income Distribution and Trade Politics

2、This chapter builds upon the insights from Chapter 2 by developing trade models which allow countries to produce goods when production requires more than one factor of production. One important reason for this addition to the model is that this more general framework highlights the effects of trade on income distribution. The first model presented includes factors of production, which are specific to the production of each of two goods. Then, a more general model is introduced, with this latter model allowing for both mobile and specific factors of production. This extension provides an even richer analysis of the income