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Study programmes 2010-2011Last update : 11/04/2011
ECON2250-1  International economics
Duration :  24h Th
Credits/ECTS :  
Advanced Master in Development, Environment and CommunitiesSecond semester2
Advanced Master in Rural Economics and SociologySecond semester2
Master in Agricultural Bioengineering, Professional Focus, 1st yearSecond semester2
Master in Chemistry and Bio-industries, Professional Focus, 2nd yearSecond semester2
Master in Forests and natural Areas Engineering, Professional Focus, 1st yearSecond semester2
Holder(s) :  Philippe Lebailly
Language :  French language
Course contents :  A. International trade theory
1. Comparative advantages
2. National accounting and the balance of payments
3. Exchange rates
B. International trade
1. Trade policy tools
2. Forward markets
3. Barriers to export growth
C. Trade terms
D. Globalization : the case of foodsector.
Course objective :  To understand the role of the economy in international relations and to characterize the main agricultural markets.
After completing the course the student is expected to
Understand the place of the economy in the analysis of the international reports
Characterize the main markets of farm products
Understand the functioning of authorities and instruments of the international trade
Prerequisites :  -- EG101 - Political and social economics
Organization :  Lectures : 24h
Written notes :  1) Krugman (1996). La mondialisation n'est pas coupable : vertus et limites du libre-échange. La Découverte/Poche; 81. Essais.
2) Bigman (2002). Globalization and the Developing Countries : Emerging Strategies for Rural Development and Poverty Alleviation. Cabi Publishing.
3) Ataman Aksoy et Beghin (2005). Global agricultural Trade and Developing Countries. The World Bank.
Assessment :  Oral examination (100%)
Contacts :  Lebailly Philippe, (Professeur Ordinaire)

Bât. GE Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech
Passage des Déportés 2
5030 Gembloux

+32 81 622361
Philippe.Lebailly@ulg.ac.be


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