Бакалавриат 2025/2026

Международная торговля

Статус: Курс по выбору (Экономика)

Кто читает: Департамент теоретической экономики

Когда читается: 4-й курс, 1, 2 модуль

Охват аудитории: для всех кампусов НИУ ВШЭ

Преподаватели: Тарасов Александр Игоревич

Язык: английский

Course Syllabus

Abstract

The purpose of this course is to introduce students into the classical and modern theories of international trade. In particular, I am going to address three main questions: (i) What are the patterns of trade we observe in the real world (who sells what to whom?) and how can we explain them? (ii) If international trade is welfare improving, can we say something about the magnitude of these gains from trade? (iii) What is the effect of different trade policies on country’s welfare? The course will be divided into five parts. In the first part, we will study the classical trade theories based on the principle of a comparative advantage, which is originated to Ricardo. In the second part, we will talk about the, so called, new trade theory that was developed by Paul Krugman (he won a Nobel Prize for this theory) and, then, Elhanan Helpman among others. The third part will be devoted to the analysis of various instruments of trade policy under different assumptions for the market structure. We will try to understand which policy is beneficial for country’s welfare and in which cases. In the fourth part, we will try to understand the magnitude of the welfare gains. This part of the course will be based on recent seminal trade papers. Specifically, we will focus on the quantitative macro approach to understanding the size of the gains from trade. In addition, we consider a study based on a trade natural experiment. There will be also a part of the course that you will study on your own using the online course on International Trade (which is specified later). To complement the lectures, throughout the course, I will be assigning supplementary readings that will present important findings on the topics covered by the lectures. The only pre-requisite for this course is intermediate level microeconomics.