Tarptautinė prekyba (PPE3004)

Dalyko anotacija lietuvių kalba

Kursas supažindina studentus su tarptautinės prekybos teorija ir politika.
Pirmoji kurso dalis skirta paaiškinti prekybos priežastis ir naudą, remiantis klasikinėmis ir neoklasikinėmis teorijomis, pagrįstomis absoliutaus ir lyginamojo pranašumo principu, taip pat naujausias teorijas susijusias su produktų diferencijavimu ir kt.
Antroji kurso dalis skirta analizuoti skirtingų prekybos politikos instrumentų efektyvumą įvairios konkurencijos sąlygomis, paaiškinti prekybos politikos politinę ekonomiją, preferencinių prekybos susitarimų naudą, bei tarptautines organizacijas, formuojančias tarptautinės prekybos teisinį reglamentavimą ir normas. Taip pat bus analizuojamas PPO Dohos derybų raundas, ir šių daugiašalių prekybos liberalizavimo poveikis globaliai prekybos sistemai. Atskirai bus analizuojama ES bendroji prekybos politika, jos raida ir iššūkiai.
Pagrindinis kurso tikslas – suprasti ir mokėti paaiškinti nuolat besikeičiančios pasaulio ekonominės sistemos kompleksiškumą, gebėti analizuoti aktualiausias tarptautinės prekybos problemas ir iššūkius.

Dalyko anotacija užsienio kalba

This course provides students with an introduction into the theory and policy of international trade.
The first part of the course explains reasons and gains from trade using classical and neoclassical trade theories based on absolute and comparative advantage as well as more recent theories based on increasing returns, product differentiation and demand similarity.
The second part investigates effectiveness of various trade policy instruments under perfect and imperfect competition, explains the political economy of trade policy and the role of preferential trading arrangements and international trade organizations in shaping the contemporary patterns of international trade. It will also cover the ongoing Doha Round of multilateral trade negotiations and its implications for the future of the global trading system. A specific emphasis will be made on the EU economic diplomacy (external trade policy), its developments and challenges.
The main goal of the course is to understand the complexity of the changing world economy and analyze actual problems in international trade.

Būtinas pasirengimas dalyko studijoms

Politikos mokslų įvadas, Tarptautinė ekonomika

Dalyko studijų rezultatai

1. Understand sources of international competitiveness and comparative advantage;
2. Become familiar and understand the concepts of international trade;
3. Develop an appreciation of how the globalization can affect international trade;
4. Understand the trade barriers that international businesses must be prepared to address and manage;
5. Evaluate the role and effectiveness of preferential trading arrangements;
6. Understand and evaluate economic diplomacy of the EU and its developments, with an emphasis on the Member states’ role in CCP formation process.

Dalyko turinys

Lecture # 1: Introductory course
Lecture # 2: World Trade: An Overview
Lecture # 3: Labor Productivity and Comparative Advantage: The Ricardian Model
Lecture # 4: Resources, Comparative Advantage, and Income Distribution
Lecture # 5: The Standard Trade Model
Lecture # 6: Economies of Scale, Imperfect Competition, and International Trade
Lecture # 7: International Factor Movements
Lecture # 8: The Instruments of Trade Policy
Lecture # 9: The Political Economy of Trade Policy
Lecture # 10: Trade Policy in Developing Countries
Lecture # 11: Controversies in Trade Policy
Lecture # 12: The World Trade Organization
Lecture # 13: DDA negotiations
Lecture # 14: Economic diplomacy of the EU (1)
Lecture # 15: Economic diplomacy of the EU (2): objectives and role of Lithuania in the formation of the EU CCP

Dalyko studijos valandomis

Lectures 30 hours
Seminars 15 hours
Consultations 15 hours
Individual work 100 hours
Total: 160 hours

Studijų rezultatų vertinimas

The final grade will be a weighted average of mid-term test (20%), seminar presentation (10%), assignment paper (20%) and final exam (50%).

Literatūra

1. 2008 Paul Krugman and Maurice Obstfeld (KO): International Economics: Theory and Policy, 8e Pearson-Addison Wesley
2. 2007 Nicholas Bayne and Stephen Woolcock (BW): The New Economic Diplomacy: Decision Making and Negotiations in International Economic Relations Ashgate
Supplementary materials
1. Steve Suranovic (SS): International Trade: Theory and Policy. Flat World Knowledge URL: http://www.flatworldknowledge.com/printed-book/205113