wir821 - International Trade, Production and Change

Department of Business Administration, Economics and Law (Economics)

6 KP

module responsibility

authorised to take exams

Module counselling

Module components

Semester courses Summer semester 2025

Examination

Lecture

2.02.821 - International Trade and Transnational Production
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Tuesday: 12:00 - 14:00, weekly (from 08/04/25)

The lectures and seminar papers address issues in the following subfields: international trade, international trade policies and regimes, geographical economics, foreign direct investment, labour migration, fragmentation of production, regulations of international trade and factor movements, development strategies, regional integration

Seminar

2.02.822 - Economic Transformation and Integration
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Dates on Tuesday, 08.04.2025 18:00 - 20:00, Thursday, 26.06.2025, Friday, 04.07.2025 09:00 - 18:00, Location: V03 0-D003, A05 0-055

Notes on the module

Prerequisites	keine
Reference text	Mitarbeit in Vorlesung und Seminar ist Pflicht für den Erwerb eines Leistungsnachweises, der als Referat im Seminar erbracht wird. Das Seminar wird in der Form eines Blockseminars abgehalten. Es gibt eine Vorbesprechung Anfang des Semesters, in der die Themen vergeben werden.
Prüfungszeiten	during term
Module examination	seminar paper and presentation
Skills to be acquired in this module	Understanding of trade relations, international factor movements and corresponding balance-of-payments mechanisms. Capability to discuss structural change in global trade and productions in terms of formal models and case studies. Understanding of the causes and alternative strategies of economic integration in regional blocs. Understanding of the causes and alternative strategies of economic transformation in emerging markets. Ability to research data and evaluate the literature on specific aspects of international trade, production and structural change.