Economics 227 - International Trade

Spring
2018
01
4.00
Arielle Knudsen
TTH 10:00AM-11:20AM
Amherst College
ECON-227-01-1718S
SMUD 206
aknudsen@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 35 students. Fall and Spring semesters.  Professor Knudsen.

Permission is required for interchange registration during all registration periods.