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Period | From | To |
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primo semestre | Sep 28, 2015 | Jan 8, 2016 |
secondo semestre | Feb 18, 2016 | May 28, 2016 |
Secondo Semestre Magistrali | Feb 22, 2016 | Jun 1, 2016 |
Session | From | To |
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appelli sessione invernale | Jan 11, 2016 | Feb 13, 2016 |
appelli sessione estiva | Jun 6, 2016 | Jul 9, 2016 |
Appelli sessione autunnale | Aug 29, 2016 | Sep 16, 2016 |
Session | From | To |
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sessione autunnale | Dec 11, 2015 | Dec 18, 2015 |
sessione invernale | Apr 6, 2016 | Apr 8, 2016 |
sessione estiva | Sep 13, 2016 | Sep 14, 2016 |
Period | From | To |
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vacanze natalizie | Dec 23, 2015 | Jan 5, 2016 |
vacanze pasquali | Mar 25, 2016 | Mar 29, 2016 |
vacanze estive | Aug 8, 2016 | Aug 27, 2016 |
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International industrial policy (2016/2017)
Teaching code
4S003748
Teacher
Coordinator
Credits
9
Language
English
Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)
SECS-P/02 - ECONOMIC POLICY
Period
Primo semestre Magistrali dal Sep 26, 2016 al Jan 13, 2017.
Learning outcomes
Departing from traditional theory of international trade based on comparative advantage, in this course we focus on theories of trade based on the firm. Globalization has substantially changed the world economy and the nature of firms. There has been an increase in Foreign Direct Investments (FDI). Sub-contracting abroad in now a common practice. A third of total trade is intrafirm. Therefore, by acknowledging that firms - not countries - are involved in trade, recent developments have investigated the decisions to export and invest abroad at the firm level.
Program
In this course we will cover the main models that consider the firms' decisions to export and/or invest abroad; we will discuss how trade choices may affect (and are affected by) the organizational form of firms; we will discuss the evolution of global value chains and the main flows of trade in goods and services. While the focus is on general trends and phenomena, we will also touch on the problems of Italian small and medium enterprises (SMEs) competing in global markets. In more details, we cover:
- Principal-Agent Model: Optimal risk-sharing, trade-off risk and incentives, monitoring.
- Hierarchies: Piece-rate versus fixed contracts.
Sorting and incentive effects of incentive contracts. The role of supervisor. The screening mechanism.
Efficiency wages. Deferred payments or bond-posting. Incentive effects of promotions inside the firm and the rank-order tournament.
- Theory of the firm: Coase, Williamson and the transaction cost theory of the firm. Property rights and the theory of the firm.
The Grossman-Hart model. Incomplete contracts, specific investments, ownership of the firm.
- Heterogeneous firms and the decision to export. Melitz model. Effects of trade liberalization and reallocation effects.
- Firms and the decision to invest in Foreign Direct Investments. Horizontal FDI (Brained 1997). Horizontal FDI and heterogenous firms (Yeaple, Melitz and Helpman 2003).
Vertical FDI and country price differences (Helpmand 1984).
- Outsourcing and internazionalization. Monopolistic competition, increasing returns, incomplete contracts (Antràs 2003). Outsourcing and product cycles (Antràs 2004). Incomplete contracts and heterogeneous firms (Antràs & Helpman 2003).
Examination Methods
The content and the examination procedures are the same for all students, either attending or not classes. Consistently with the lectures content, the examination for the course of International Industrial Policy includes:
I) a WRITTEN EXAM, in which students are asked to:
a) answer some open questions of trade theory and discuss a case, e.g., to comment critically current economic facts related to the course provided during the exam;
b) answer some theory questions in a multiple choice format.
These two parts together determine the grade for the written exam.
II) In addition, students are required to prepare an ESSAY, on a topic chosen by the student, developing an article of about 2000 words that must be handed in when taking the exam (and printed in front and in the back of white A4 paper, single-spaced, stapled without covers). The essay can be prepared in group, in groups of 3-4 students maximum, where each student prepares about 2000 words. The essay may be a critical review of a scientific article; the investigation of a phenomenon through the analysis of data; a discussion of a relevant case-study.
III) Finally, during the course students are given the opportunity to prepare a group presentation (with about 4 students per group).
For the overall grade, therefore, to the written exam one can add the following BONUSES:
i) Essay - mandatory. Its assessment is done on a 0-30 scale: if insufficient (<18/30), points -1; if 18-20/30, 0 points; if 21-23/30, 1 point; if 24-26/30, 2 points; if 27-30/30, 3 points.
ii) Presentation - for attending students. It entitles them further 0-2 points.
In summary, the FINAL VOTE therefore includes:
1. the grade obtained in the written exam,
2. a possible bonus for the mandatory essay,
3. a possible bonus for the group ppresentation.
All bonuses are valid for the four exam sessions of the academic year 2016-17, that is, until the Autumn 2017 session included.
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List of thesis proposals
theses proposals | Research area |
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PMI (SMES) and financial performance | MANAGEMENT OF ENTERPRISES - MANAGEMENT OF ENTERPRISES |
I modelli organizzativi ex. d.lgs 231/2001: diffusione sul territorio | Various topics |