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RequiredReadings

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Books

Helpman,E.andP.Krugman,MarketStructureandForeignTrade,(Cambridge,

MA,andLondon,TheMITPress),1985.Helpman,E.andP.Krugman,TradePolicyandMarketStructure,(Cambridge,

MA,andLondon,TheMITPress),1989.Grossman,G.M.andE.Helpman,InnovationandGrowthintheGlobalEcon-omy,(Cambridge,Ma,andLondon,TheMITPress),1991.Feenstra,R.C.,AdvancedInternationalTrade:TheoryandEvidence(Princeton,

PrincetonUniversityPress),2003.Helpman,E.,UnderstandingGlobalTrade(Cambridge,MA:HarvardUniversity

Press),forthcoming.

http://www.economics.harvard.edu/faculty/helpman/files/Understanding_Global_Trade.pdf

FinalExam:ThefinalwillbeonFriday,December3,from9:00-12:00.

1.TradeandWelfareFeenstra,2003,pp.179-188.

Bernhofen,D.M.andJ.C.Brown,“AnEmpiricalAssessmentoftheComparative

AdvantageGainsfromTrade:EvidencefromJapan,”AmericanEconomicReview95:208-225,2005.2.GeneralCharacteristicsofTradePatternsFeenstra,2003,pp.56-60.

Bernhofen,D.M.andJ.C.Brown,“ADirectTestoftheTheoryofComparative

Advantage:TheCaseofJapan,”JournalofPoliticalEconomy112:48-67,2004.3.RicardianTradeTheory

Dornbusch,R.,S.FischerandP.A.Samuelson,“ComparativeAdvantage,Trade

andPaymentsinaRicardianModelwithaContinuumofGoods,”AmericanEconomicReview,823-39,1977.4.TestingtheRicardianTradeTheory

Eaton,J.andS.Kortum,“Technology,Geography,andTrade,”Econometrica,

70:1741-1779,2002.5.Heckscher-OhlinTradeTheoryFeenstra,2003,pp.31-41.FactorPriceEqualization

HelpmanandKrugman,1985,Chapter1.PricesandQuantitiesFeenstra,2003,pp.64-75.FactorSpecificity

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None.Thistopicwillnotbediscussedinclass;butsee“RecommendedRead-ings.”Short-RunSpecificityandLong-RunAdjustment

None.Thistopicwillnotbediscussedinclass;butsee“RecommendedRead-ings.”6.TestingtheHeckscher-OhlinTheoryFeenstra,2003,pp.41-55.7.TradeUnderUncertainty

None.Thistopicwillnotbediscussedinclass;butsee“RecommendedRead-ings.”8.FactorMovements

None.Thistopicwillnotbediscussedinclass;butsee“RecommendedRead-ings.”9.TradeandGrowthIFeenstra,2003,pp.338-348.

10.IncreasingReturnsandCompetition

None.Thistopicwillnotbediscussedinclass;butsee“RecommendedRead-ings.”11.Oligopoly

HelpmanandKrugman,1985,Chapter5.

Neary,J.P.,“InternationalTradeinGeneralOligopolisticEquilibrium,”mimeo,

2009

http://www.cesifo-group.de/portal/page/portal/CFP_CONF/CFP_CONF_2009/Conf-ge09-Whalley/Conf-ge09-papers/ge09_neary.pdf

12.MonopolisticCompetition

HelpmanandKrugman,1985,Chapters6-11.

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Fajgelbaum,P.,G.GrossmanandE.Helpman,“IncomeDistribution,Product

Quality,andInternationalTrade,”NBERWorkingPaper,2009.

http://www.economics.harvard.edu/faculty/helpman/files/Income_Distribution.pdf

13.MultinationalCorporationsHelpmanandKrugman,1985,Chapter12.Feenstra,2003,pp.371-390.

14.InternationalOrganizationofProduction

Melitz,M.J.,“TheImpactofTradeonIntra-IndustryReallocationsandAggre-gateIndustryProductivity,”Econometrica,2003,1695-1725.Antràs,P.,“Firms,Contracts,andTradeStructure,”QuarterlyJournalofEco-nomics,1375-1418,2003.Helpman,E.,M.J.MelitzandS.R.Yeaple,“ExportversusFDIwithHeteroge-neousFirms,”AmericanEconomicReview,300-316,2004.Antràs,P.andE.Helpman,“GlobalSourcing,”JournalofPoliticalEconomy

112:552-580,2004.Bernard,A.B.,S.ReddingandP.Schott,“ComparativeAdvantageandHetero-geneousFirms,”ReviewofEconomicStudies74:31-66,2007.15.EmpiricalEvidenceFeenstra,2003,pp.146-171.

Anderson,J.andE.vanWincoop,“GravitywithGravitas:ASolutiontothe

BorderPuzzle,”AmericanEconomicReview,170-192,2003.Romalis,J.,“FactorProportionsandtheStructureofCommodityTrade,”Amer-icanEconomicReview94:67-97,2004.Helpman,E.,M.MelitzandY.Rubinstein,“TradingPartnersandTradingVol-umes,”QuarterlyJournalofEconomics123:441—487,2008.Nunn,Nathan,“Relationship-Specificity,IncompleteContracts,andthePattern

ofTrade,”QuarterlyJournalofEconomicsCXXXII:569-600,2007.

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Bernard,AndrewB.,J.BradfordJensen,StephenJ.ReddingandPeterK.

Schott,“FirmsinInternationalTrade,”JournalofEconomicPerspectives21:105-130,2007.Eaton,J.,F.KramarzandS.Kortum,“AnAnatomyofInternationalTrade:

EvidencefromFrenchFirms,”2010.http://home.uchicago.edu/~kortum/skresearch.html16.CommercialPolicyFeenstra,2003,pp.209-220.17.DistortionsandTradePolicy

None.Thistopicwillnotbediscussedinclass;butsee“RecommendedRead-ings.”CustomUnionsandEconomicIntegration

None.Thistopicwillnotbediscussedinclass;butsee“RecommendedRead-ings.\"18.PoliticalEconomyofProtectionFeenstra,2003,pp.300-321.

Grossman,G.M.andE.Helpman,“ProtectionforSale,”AmericanEconomic

Review84:833-50,1994.Grossman,G.M.andE.Helpman,“ThePoliticsofFreeTradeAgreements,”

AmericanEconomicReview,85:667-90,2005.KoujianouGoldberg,P.andG.Maggi,“ProtectionforSale:AnEmpiricalIn-vestigation,”AmericanEconomicReview89:1135-55,1999.19.ImperfectCompetitionandTradePolicy:TheoryHelpmanandKrugman,1989,chapters3-7.Feenstra,2003,pp.221-232.

Arkolakis,C.,A.CostinotandA.Rodríguez-Clare,“NewTradeModels,Same

OldGains?”mimeo,2010,http://econ-www.mit.edu/files/5184

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20.ImperfectCompetitionandTradePolicy:EvidenceHelpmanandKrugman,1989,chapter8.

Balistreri,E.J.,R.H.HillberryandT.F.Rutherford,“StructuralEstimationand

SolutionofInternationalTradeModelswithHeterogeneousFirms,”WorkingPaper09/89,CER-ETH-CenterofEconomicResearchatETHZurich,2008.Feenstra,R.C.,“MeasuringtheGainsfromTradeunderMonopolisticCompeti-tion,”mimeo,June2009.

http://www.econ.ucdavis.edu/faculty/fzfeens/pdf/Measuring_the_Gains_from_Trade-Feenstra_CJE.pdf

21.TradeandGrowthII

GrossmanandHelpman,1991,chapters3-4,7-10.

Atkeson,A.andA.Burstein,A.“Innovation,FirmDynamics,andInternational

Trade,”JournalofPoliticalEconomy118:433-484,2010.22.TradePolicyUnderUncertainty

None.Thistopicwillnotbediscussedinclass;butsee“RecommendedRead-ings.”23.DynamicsofNorth-SouthTrade

None.Thistopicwillnotbediscussedinclass;butsee“RecommendedRead-ings.”24.EvidenceonTradeandGrowth

Helpman,E.,TheMysteryofEconomicGrowth(Cambridge,MA:BelknapPress

ofHarvardUniversityPress,2004),chapter5.Coe,DavidT.,ElhananHelpmanandAlexanderW.Hoffmaister,“International

R&DSpilloversandInstitutions,”EuropeanEconomicReview53:723—741,2009.25.Trade,TechnologyandWagesSeeRecommendedReadings.

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26.Diversity

SeeRecommendedReadings.27.LaborMarketFrictions

Helpman,ElhananandOlegItskhoki,“LaborMarketRigidities,TradeandUn-employment,”ReviewofEconomicStudies77:1100-1137,2010.Helpman,Elhanan,OlegItskhokiandStephenRedding,“InequalityandUnem-ploymentinaGlobalEconomy,”Econometrica78:1239-1283,2010.

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