Course Information for Economics 164/Law 306/Poli.Sci. 216

Winter 2007-2008

ECONOMICS 164/Law 306/Poli. Sci. 216

Law, Economics and Politics of International Trade

Co-Taught by Professors Judith Goldstein (Political Science), Robert Staiger (Economics) and Alan Sykes (Law School).

Classroom: Room 190 Law School. Time: 1:40-3:40, MW.

 

 

Contact Information for Professor Robert Staiger :    rstaiger@stanford.edu

Office: 322 Economics;  Phone: 723-0533 ;Office Hours: T: 11-12:00.

TA: David Wei Wu: weiwu@stanford.edu

Office: Cube 359A Landau Economics Building;  Phone: 650-725-8908; Office Hours: Monday 4:00-6:00; Tuesday 1:00-3:00.


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Special Announcements:

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Office Hours for the week of 3/10-3/14. T: 11-12:30; Th: 11-12:30. 

Slides for Lecture:1/16/08

Slides for Lecture: 1/23/08

Slides for Lecture: 2/13/08

Slides for Lecture: 2/27/08

Slides for Lecture: 3/10/08

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Link to CourseWork

 
Preliminary Reading List

 
Paper Topic 

 
Problem Sets
  1. Problem Set 1; Due in class, Wednesday, January 23. Answers.
  2. Problem Set 2; Due in class, Wednesday, February 6. Answers.

 
Completely-Non-Technical Background Articles
  1. WTO World Trade Report 2007
  2. Iraq's bid for accession to the WTO (NPR audio)
  3. Chad Bown on Trade Disputes (NPR Audio)
  4. Do you have to be a free-trader to support the WTO?
  5. National Sovereignty and the World Trading System
  6. Report on the International Trade Regime for the International Task Force on Global Public Goods
  7. A Fair Globalization
  8. Labor Standards and Trade Agreements
  9. Labor, Environment and the World Trading System
  10. Liberalizing Agriculture

 
More-Technical Background Articles
  1. NBER Working Paper 12033: Optimal Tariffs: The Evidence 
  2. NBER Working Paper 12727: What Do Trade Negotiators Negotiate About?
  3. Strategic Trade, Competitive Industries and Agricultural Trade Disputes
  4. GATT-Think

 
International Economics Links

Institutions

  1. WTO Home Page
  2. ALI Principles of Trade Law: The World Trade Organization
  3. World Bank Home Page
  4. IMF Home Page
  5. The World Bank Group: International Trade 
  6. Development Gateway: Trade and Development Page
  7. USTR Home Page

Data

  1. The Center for International Data at U.C. Davis
  2. International Trade Resources
  3. U.S. Antidumping Database
  4. Trade Polls
  5. World Bank Trade, Tariff and Production Data

Research

  1. NBER International Trade and Investment Program
  2. NBER International Finance and Macroeconomics Program 
  3. JSTOR
  4. Handbooks of Economics

General

  1. Harvard Global Trade Negotiations Home Page
  2. Joel Trachtman's International Economic Law and Policy Blog
  3. Nouriel Roubini's Global Macro and Financial Policy Site
  4. Institute for International Economics