Books
I. References
Required textbooks
Dixit, Avinash and Norman, Victor D.: Theory of International Trade: A Dual, General Equlibrium Approach, 1980. Cambridge Economic Handbooks, Cambridge University Press.
Feenstra, Robert C.: Advanced International trade: Theory and Evidence, 2004. Princeton University Press.
Krugman, Paul R. : Geography and trade, 1991. MIT Press. all chapters.
Other useful texts (Undergraudate textbooks)
Krugman and Obstfeld. International Economics: Theory and Policy, 8th ed.
Norman, V. og L. Orvedal. 2010. Næringstruktur og Utenrikshandel. Universitetsforlaget Oslo.
II. Topics and selected reading
Section I. Introduction: Facts and basic methods
1. Trade facts
Krugman, P. 1993. What do undergrads need to know about trade?. AER.May 2003.
Freeman, Richard B.: "Trade Wars: The Exaggerated Impact of Trade in Economic Debate" i 2003. NBER Working paper 10000 here
2. General equilibrium and the gains from trade
DN ch. 1,2,3
Feenstra ch. 1,6,7
Krugman, 1994, ch. 5
3. Technological differences and trade: The Ricardian model
DN ch. 2-4
Feenstra ch 1
Dornbusch, R., S. Fischer, and P. Samuelson. 1977. Comparative Advantage, Trade and Payments in a Ricardian Model with a Continuum of Goods. American Economic Review 67: pp. 823-839.
4. The Specifi c factor model (Ricardo-Viner)
DN ch. 2, 4
Feenstra ch. 3
5. The Factor endowment model (Heckscher-Ohlin)
DN ch. 2-4
Feenstra ch 2.
Section II: Imperfect competition and the geography of trade
6. Imperfect competition and trade
DN ch. 9
Feenstra ch 5.
Krugman, P.: "Scale Economies, Product Differentiation, and the Pattern of Trade" i American Economic Review 70, 1980. pp 950-959 here
7 Geography, agglomeration and trade
Krugman, P. R., 1990, Geography and trade, MIT Press, 1990
Krugman, P. R. and A. J. Venables, 1995, Globalization and the inequality of nations, Quarterly Journal of Economics 110: pp. 857-880 here
Ottaviano, G. I. P. and D. Puga, 1998, Agglomeration in the global economy: a survey of the new economic geography, World Economy 25: pp. 707-731
8. Trade and heterogeneous fi rms
Bernard, A. B., J. Eaton, B. Jensen, and S. Kortum (2003): Plants and Productivity in International Trade,American Economic Review, 93(4), 1268 1290.
Chaney, T. (2008), Distorted Gravity: The Intensive and Extensive Margins of International Trade,American Economic Review, 98(4), 1707-1721
Melitz, M. J. (2003): The Impact of Trade on Intra-Industry Reallocations and Aggregate Industry Productivity,Econometrica, 71(6), 1695 1725.