2013_14
Educational guide 
Faculty of Economics and Business
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english 
Graduate in Finances and Accounting
 Subjects
  WORLD ECONOMY
IDENTIFYING DATA 2013_14
Subject (*) WORLD ECONOMY Code 16204105
Study programme
Graduate in Finances and Accounting
Cycle 1st
Descriptors Credits Type Year Period Exam timetables and dates
6 Compulsory Third First
Modality and teaching language See working groups
Prerequisites
Department Economics
Coordinator
ARAUZO CAROD, JOSEP MARIA
SICART BARCELO, NURIA
SOLDEVILA LAFON, MARIA VICTÒRIA
TERUEL CARRIZOSA, MERCEDES
VILA CÓRCOLES, JOSE MANUEL
UCEDA TARAMONA, DAVID
E-mail josepmaria.arauzo@urv.cat
josemanuel.vila@urv.cat
mercedes.teruel@urv.cat
mariavictoria.soldevila@urv.cat
nuria.sicart@urv.cat
david.uceda@urv.cat
nuria.barrubes@urv.cat
frankgyimah.sackey@urv.cat
Lecturers
ARAUZO CAROD, JOSEP MARIA
VILA CÓRCOLES, JOSE MANUEL
TERUEL CARRIZOSA, MERCEDES
SOLDEVILA LAFON, MARIA VICTÒRIA
SICART BARCELO, NURIA
UCEDA TARAMONA, DAVID
BARRUBÉS PIÑOL, NÚRIA
SACKEY ., FRANK GYIMAH
Web
General description and relevant information This course provides an analysis of the theories of international trade, the labor movement (migration), the movement of firms (FDI) and trade in intermediate goods (outsourcing). It also analyzes trade policy and the operation of the main instruments of this policy. The first part of the course presents business models that explain why countries trade and what gains from trade. Some of the models examined include the Ricardian model and the Heckscher-Ohlin and the new trade theories based on economies of scale and imperfect competition and outsourcing of goods and services. The second part of the course deals with trade policy. Specifically, it discusses the implementation of tariffs and import quotas and export subsidies, in perfect competition as a market structure with imperfect competition. We study the effect of these instruments on the welfare of the countries involved. Finally, the course ends with a discussion of international trade agreements and their implications in areas such as the volume of trade, labor rights and the environment.
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