Dünya ticaretini şekillendiren çeşitli faktörleri anlamak.

Uluslararası ticareti açıklamaya yönelik değişik yaklaşımlardaki modellemeyi öğrenmek

Düz anlatım, tartışma ve soru-cevap.

Textbooks on International Trade Theory Markusen, Melvin, Kaempfer and Maskus: International Trade: Theory and Evidence, This textbook is freely available on James Markusen’s webpage (MMKM) Avinash Dixit & Victor Norman Theory of International Trade: A Dual, General Equilibrium Approach (Cambridge Economic Handbooks), 1980 Robert C. Feenstra Advanced International Trade: Theory and Evidence, Second Edition, Princeton University Press, 2015 (F) Elhanan Helpman & Paul Krugman Market Structure and Foreign Trade: Increasing Returns, Imperfect Competition, and the International Economy, 1985 (HK) Paul R. Krugman, Maurice Obstfeld, Marc Melitz International Economics: Theory and Policy, 11th Edition (previous editions are fine), Pearson , 2018 The first four of the above are advanced textbooks. We will not be using Dixit and Norman, but we will be studying parts from the other three. Although Krugman, Obstfeld, and Melitz is an undergraduate textbook, it is an excellent reference for everyone who wants to start or brush up on the basics.