Assignments
Some notes for the final (incomplete, not all topics covered!)
Suggested
“International Trade and theEqualisation of Factor Prices”, by P. Samuelson (a Nobel Prize explains you the HO Model and proves an important theorem).
“For Here or to Go?
Purchasing Parity and the Big Mac” , by R. Pakko and P. Pollard.
Other Materials
A simple
in-class test of H-O for
Bureau
of Labor Statistics http://www.bls.gov/mfp/home.htm
CensusStatistics http://censtats.census.gov/
Online Resources
USA
Office of the United States Trade Representative
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
The Federal Reserve System for a quick review of how the Fed operates.
The Federal Reserve Board's Press Releases for current monetary policy.
Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) for data on unemployment rate and inflation rate in the U.S.
Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) for the most up-to-date U.S. economic data
Economic Report of the President
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis for publications by the Federal Reserve Bank's economists
National Bureauof Economic Research (NBER) for many economic working papers.
International
International Financial Statistics-online on the U library website for statistics on all aspects of international and domestic finance from more than 200 IMF countries.
Global Financial Data on the U library website for historical and current financial and economic data for 150 countries.
x-rates.com for data on exchange rates
IMF International Monetary Fund
World Trade Organization (WTO)
Trade Disputes by Country at WTO
UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development)
WebEc World Wide Web Resources in Economics
United Nations (Trade Statistics by Commodity)