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August 2, 2019 -- This is the start of a list of chapters/papers that will be the basis of questions for the midterm. I will be adding to the list over the next week or so.

Please let me know if any of the links are broken -- I try to check them, but every once and a while one slips through my net

The Midterm will consist of a choice of four questions, closed book. For those international officers opting for a take-home exam, six questions will be required. A copy of the exam will be posted on the site after the class exam.

Questions based on the reference text, Pugel

Chapter 3, comparative advantage and factor proportions
Chapter 8, basic analysis of a tariff
Chapter 10, arguments for and against protectionism
Chapter 12, section on embargoes/sanctions
Chapter 12, section on economic integration
Chapter 14 , trade policies for developing and transition countries

Questions based on the text, Wheelan

Chapter 1, markets
Chapter 2, incentives
Chapter 3, government and the economy I
Chapter 4, government and the economy II
Chapter 5, economics of information
Chapter 6, productivity and human capital
Chapter 8, Organized Interests
Chapter 11, -- no question -- will be on the final exam
Chapter 12, Trade and globalization

Questions based on the text, Clausing

Chapter 2, Middle Class Stagnation and Economic Inequality
Chapter 3, The Case for International Trade
Chapter 4, Winners and Losers from International Trade
Chapter 5, Trade Politics and Trade Policy

Questions based on new articles from Foreign Affairs (Sakai -- Foreign Affairs tab in Resources)

L Rafael, Reif, How to Maintain America's Edge: Increase Funding for Basic Science, Foreign Affairs (May/June 2017)
Susan Lund and Laura Tyson, Globalization is Not in Retreat: Digital Technology and the Future of Trade, Foreign Affaris (May/June 2018).

Questions based on new articles from the Milken Institute

Questions based on new articles from the Peterson Institute

Mary Lovely and Yang Liang, Trump Tariffs hit multinational supply chains harm US competitiveness, May 2018 (click link for pdf)

Questions based on articles from Robert Looney ed., Handbook of International Trade Agreements: Country, Regional and Global Approaches, (Routledge: London, 2018)