PROFESSOR Department of International Economics Academic year 2014 - 2015 Richard Baldwin [email protected] Topics in International Trade Office : MdP-P1-801 Phone : +41 22 908 45 80 EI029 - Autumn - 6 ECTS Course Description This course covers current topics in international trade with an emphasis on theory. This year’s concentration will be on international production unbundling, global value chains, etc. Syllabus Lec day Time Rm 1 Thr 10h15 S1 2 Fri 12h15 TBC 3 Thr 10h15 S1 4 Fri 12h15 TBC 5 Thr 10h15 S1 6 Fri 12h15 TBC 7 Thr 10h15 S1 8 Thr 10h15 S1 9 Thr 10h15 S1 10 Thr 10h15 S1 Date Thu, 18/09/2014 Fri, 26/09/2014 Thu, 02/10/2014 Fri, 10/10/2014 Thu, 23/10/2014 Fri, 24/10/2014 Thu, 30/10/2014 Thu, 06/11/2014 Thu, 13/11/2014 Thu, 20/11/2014 Topic Misthinking Globalisation - The GVC revolution and its consequences - part 1 Misthinking Globalisation - The GVC revolution and its consequences - part 2 Long history of globalisation in brief Facts that fit standard trade theory: Goods, services, firms & FDI Supply-chain trade facts Smile Curve facts GVC theories: Economic Theories & Gereffi Models part 1 GVC theories: Economic Theories & Gereffi Models part 2 Misthinking trade, industrialisation and development Political economy of liberalisation & postwar narrative Chemin Eugène-Rigot 2 | CP 136 - CH-1211 Genève 21 | +41 22 908 57 00 | graduateinstitute.ch MAISON DE LA PAIX 11 Thr 10h15 S1 12 Fri 12h15 TBC 13 Thr 10h15 S1 14 Fri 12h15 TBC Thu, 27/11/2014 Fri, 28/11/2014 Thu, 04/12/2014 Fri, 05/12/2014 Postwar trade liberalisation narrartive (continued) Misthinking global trade institutions and initiatives - part 1 Misthinking global trade institutions and initiatives - part 2 Misthinking global trade institutions and initiatives - part 3 Grading Grades will be based on the mid-term (50%) and final exams (50%). The students should be well aware of the institute’s regulation on the exam and grading, which should be available at the administration. A make-up exam for those who have legitimate reasons (mainly illness with doctor’s certificate) of being absent for the exam can be arranged. There is no make-up exam in case you fail the final exam, but you can re-register for the course in the next academic year. Readings Readings by lecture Misthinking Globalisation - The GVC revolution and its consequences - part 1 & 2 Baldwin, R. (2006). “Globalisation: the great unbundling(s),” Chapter 1, in Globalisation challenges for Europe, Secretariat of the Economic Council, Finnish Prime Minister’s Office, Helsinki, 2006; ISBN 952-5631-15-X. Baldwin, Richard and Simon J. Evenett (2012).“Value Creation and Trade in 21st Century Manufacturing: What Policies for UK manufacturing?”, in eBook http://www.voxeu.org/epubs/cepr-reports/uk-global-world Baldwin, Richard and Rikard Forslid (2014). “The development and future of Factory Asia”, manuscript. (see for TOSP framework). Baldwin, Richard & Venables, Anthony J., 2013. "Spiders and snakes: Offshoring and agglomeration in the global economy," Journal of International Economics, vol. 90(2), pages 245-254. Also NBER WP 16611, December 2010. Long history of globalisation in brief MG Manuscript chapter. On economics of 1UB, see Section 2 in Baldwin, Richard (2013). “Factory-free Europe? A two unbundlings perspective on Europe’s 20th century manufacturing miracle and 21st century manufacturing malaise”, manuscript (easy to find with google) Facts that fit standard trade theory: Goods, services, firms & FDI Globalisation and trade, Chap B & C, World Trade Report, 2008 Supply-chain trade facts Baldwin, Richard and Javier Lopez-Gonzalez (2013). “Supply-Chain Trade: A Portrait of Global Patterns and Several Testable Hypotheses”, NBER Working Paper No. 18957, April 2013. Eventually published in The World Economy, 13 MAY 2014, DOI: 10.1111/twec.12189 - Page 2 - Smile Curve facts Baldwin, Richard, Tadashi Ito and Hitoshi Sato (2014). "Portrait of Factory Asia: Production network in Asia and its implication for growth - the 'smile curve'", manuscript. GVC theories: Economic Theories & Gereffi Models - part 1 Grossman & Rossi-Hansberg, Baldwin and Robert-Nicoud, Costintot, etc GVC theories: Economic Theories & Gereffi Models - part 2 Gereffi slides Misthinking trade, industrialisation and development Baldwin, Richard (2011). “Trade and industrialisation after globalisation's 2nd unbundling: How building and joining a supply chain are different and why it matters, “ NBER Working Paper No. 17716. Eventually published as: Trade and Industrialization after Globalization’s Second Unbundling: How Building and Joining a Supply Chain Are Different and Why it Matters, Richard Baldwin. in Globalization in an Age of Crisis: Multilateral Economic Cooperation in the Twenty-First Century, Feenstra and Taylor. 2014 Political economy of liberalisation & postwar narrative Richard E. Baldwin, 2006."Multilateralising Regionalism: Spaghetti Bowls as Building Blocs on the Path to Global Free Trade," The World Economy, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 29(11), pages 1451-1518, November. Postwar trade liberalisation narrartive (continued) Understanding the GATT’s wins and the WTO’s woes, CEPR Policy Insight No.49, June 2010. Misthinking global trade institutions and initiatives - part 1 Baldwin, Richard (2011). “21st Century Regionalism: Filling the gap between 21st century trade and 20th century trade rules”, CEPR Policy Insight No. 56 Misthinking global trade institutions and initiatives - part 2 Baldwin, Richard (2013), “Multilateralising 21st century regionalism”, http://www.oecd.org/tad/events/OECD-gft-2014-multilateralising-21st-century-regionalismbaldwin-paper.pdf Misthinking global trade institutions and initiatives - part 3 Baldwin (2012) WTO 2.0, CEPR Policy Insight http://dev3.cepr.org/pubs/PolicyInsights/PolicyInsight64.pdf - Page 3 -
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