Economics 227 - International Trade
Spring
2013
01
4.00
Beth Yarbrough
MW 10:00AM-11:20AM
Amherst College
ECON-227-01-1213S
CONV 207
bvyarbrough@amherst.edu
This course uses microeconomic analysis to examine economic relationships among countries. Issues addressed include why nations trade, the distributional effects of trade, economic growth, factor mobility, and protectionism. Also included are discussions of the special trade-related problems of developing countries and of the history of the international trading system.
Requisite: ECON 111/111E. Limited to 50 students. Fall and spring semesters. Professor B. Yarbrough.