Brief description of the discipline
Date: 2015-10-07; view: 719.
Information about teachers:
Zhartay Zhanibek Maratovich, teacher, master of economic sciences.
Chair of Economy and International Business, room #448,
Days: Monday – Friday, 10.00 a.m. – 17.00 p.m.
3.2 Pre-requisites of a course: International trade and world money, International economics, International economic relations.
3.3 Post-requisites of a course: passing of state exams and writing of diploma.
Discipline of «International Trade and World Goods Markets» is a component of a cycle of all-professional and special disciplines and is intended for studying by students of economic specialties.
Object of studying of this discipline are the trade and economic processes happening on the scale of the world as a whole and its regions. When studying this discipline are used both general scientific, and the special methods applied within economic science (quantitative, statistical, scientific abstraction, etc.). Data of the leading international economic organizations (The World Trade Organization, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, PROON, etc.) are sources of statistical information.
The discipline "International trade and the world goods markets" belongs to historical and economic sciences and is closely connected with such sciences, as: international economy, world economy, foreign economic activity of the entity, international business, etc. The discipline "International trade" is new and was created in the last decades the XX centuries during internationalization and economy globalization, with rapid development of international trade.
International trade is the main form of the international economic relations as includes trade not only goods, but also the most various services (transport, financial, services for business, tourist, etc.).
Trade contradictions are the sharpest in world economy, and liberalization of trade relations — a subject of discussions in one of the most influential international organizations — the World Trade Organization.
The purpose and tasks of teaching of discipline "International trade and the world goods markets" is to create at the students who are training in "World economy", the systematized knowledge of features, regularities of development and problems of modern international trade.
The discipline "International trade and the world goods markets" gives to students basic knowledge about the device of international trade as the special economic system including trade and economic relations of all countries of the world. This knowledge is especially actual in the globalization of economic processes in the world when the economy of the vast majority of the countries of the world is involved in world economic processes and becomes dependent on them.
4. The schedule of performance and delivery of the tasks on the discipline
| ¹ | Type of works | The aim and content of task | References | Performance time | Form of control | Points (according to the rating scale) | Deadline | Delivery term |
| Control work | Fixing theoretical knowledge and development practical ability | 5 p. 1, 2, 3, 12 | 5 week | Current control | 50-100 | Written work | 5 week | |
| Written work | Development of research ability | 5 p. 1, 2, 3, 10, 11 | 7 week | Current control | 50-100 | The paper, the report | 8 week | |
| Presentation | Subject registration of practical lessons (presentation) | 5 p. 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 | 9 week | Current control | 50-100 | Presentation and the report | 10 week | |
| Colloquium | Examination | 5 p. 1, 2, 3, 8, 9 | 13 and 14 weeks | Current control | 50-100 | Orally | 13 and 14 weeks (after intermediate control) | |
| For activity | Fix and synthesis of knowledge of students, development of cognitive activity | 5 p. 1, 2, 3, 22, 24 | 1-15 weeks | Current control | 50-100 | Orally | 14 and 15 weeks |
5. CARD OF EDUCATIONAL AND METHODICAL SECURITY OF DISCIPLINE:
| ¹ | References | Quantity of references in Scientific library of KarSU |
| 1. Basic literature | ||
| Oatley T. International Political Economy / Thomas Oatley. – fifth edition- Boston: Longman, 2012- 416 p. | ||
| Pugel T.A. International Economics: / Thomas A. Pugel – fifteenth edition – New York: McGraw-Hill, 2012 – 770 p. | ||
| King P. International Economics, Globalization and Policy: a reader / Philip King, Sharmila King - fifth edition - New York: McGraw-Hill, 2009 – 376 p. | ||
| James Rauch (2008). "growth and international trade," The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics. 2nd Edition. Abstract. | ||
| M. June Flanders (2008). "international economics, history of," The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics. 2nd Edition. Abstract. | ||
| Reuven Glick (2008). "macroeconomic effects of international trade" The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics. 2nd Edition. Abstract. | ||
| Stanley W. Black (2008). "international monetary institutions," The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics. 2nd Edition. Abstract. | ||
| Cr. W. Kegley American Foreign Policy: pattern and process / Cr. W. Kegley – 2009 | ||
| 2. Additional literature | ||
| Edwards, Sebastian (1998), "Openness, Productivity and Growth: What do We Really Know?" Economic Journal, 1998 | ||
| Francisco Rodriguez, Dani Rodrik (1999): "Trade Policy and Economic Growth: A Skeptic's Guide to Cross-National Evidence"; NBER Working Paper No. W7081, available online at:http://www.nber.org/papers/w7081 | ||
| Kala Krishna, Ataman Ozyildirim, Norman R. Swanson (1999): Trade, Investment, and Growth: Nexus, Analysis, and Prognosis; NBER Working Paper No. W6861; available online at:http://www.nber.org/papers/w6861 | ||
| Kim, Se-Jik (1999): "Growth Gains from Trade and Education", International Monetary Fund, Research Department, IMF Working Paper WP/99/23 | ||
| Krueger, Anne O. (1998): "Why trade liberlisation is good for growth", Economic Journal, September issue | ||
| Krugman, Paul and Maurice Obstfeld, International Economics: Theory and Policy, Addison-Wesley, 1997. | ||
| Robert Z. Lawrence, David E. Weinstein (1999): "Trade and Growth: Import-Led or Export-Led? Evidence From Japan and Korea", NBER Working Paper No. W7264; available online at:http://www.nber.org/papers/w7264 | ||
| Thomas F. Rutherford and David G. Tarr (September 1998): "Trade Liberalization and Endogenous Growth in a Small Open Economy: A Quantitative Assessment" Policy Research Working Paper # 1970, World Bank | ||
| 2.1 Periodicals | ||
| Krugman, Paul (1992), "The Move Towards Free Trade Zones" | ||
| Krugman, Paul R. and Maurice Obstfeld (1997), International Economics: Theory and Policy, Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA. | ||
| Mundell, Robert A. (1957), "International Trade and Factor Mobility", American Economic Review, 47, 321-335. | ||
| Mundell, Robert A. (1960), "The Pure Theory of International Trade", American Economic Review, 301-322. | ||
| Negishi, Takashi (1972), General Equilibrium Theory and International Trade, North-Holland, Amsterdam. | ||
| P. Krugman, "Space: the final frontier", Journal of Economic Perspectives, 12:161-74, Spring 1998 | ||
| Rahman, M. Saif (1998), Imperfect Factor Mobility and the Political Economy of Structural Transformation," University of North Carolina, mimeo. | ||
| Yarbrough, Beth V. and Robert M. Yarbrough (1997), The World Economy: Trade and Finance, Dryden Press, New York. | ||
| 2.2 Internet sources and the optional list of electronic sources: | ||
| Database of Scientific library of KarSU: ELSEVIER, EBSCO, Science, Thomson Reuters, Springer | ||
| http: www.oxfordreference.com | ||
| http:www. en.wikipedia.org | ||
| http:www. springer.com | ||
| http:www. nationmaster.com | ||
| http:www. oecd.org | ||
| http:www.wto.org | ||
| http:www.worldbank.org | ||
| http:www.imf.org | ||
| http:europa.eu.int | ||
| http:www. unctad.org | ||
| http:www.uncitral.org |
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