| Detailed information |
| Pre-requisites |
(*)KS Einführung in die Volkswirtschaftslehre UND KS Einführung in die Makroökonomie
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| Original study plan |
Bachelor's programme Economics and Business 2025W |
| Learning Outcomes |
Competences |
| Students will develop a foundational understanding of key economic concepts and models used to explain international trade, finance, and the movement of goods and capital across borders.
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| Skills |
Knowledge |
- Understand the key assumptions, ideas and results of the classic and the new trade theory.
- Develop the mathematical and formal skills to analyse economic models in international trade.
- Learn how to give policy recommendations from economic models.
- Learn how to bring together economic theory and data.
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Recall basic concepts from Micro and Macroeconomics, which are applied in international economics
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| Criteria for evaluation |
There will be a final exam and a retake exam. The exam questions will reflect both economic intuition and reasoning as well as formal analysis of economic models.
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| Methods |
Presentation of theory and joint development of exercise materials
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| Language |
German |
| Study material |
Slides
Assignments sheets
Textbook: Krugman, Paul, Maurice Obstfeld, and Marc Melitz. "International Economics: Theory and Policy", Pearson. In the current edition.
Pointers to additional literature at the end of the slides.
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| Changing subject? |
No |
