Peter Egger: Catalogue data in Spring Semester 2019 |
| Name | Prof. Dr. Peter Egger |
| Field | Applied Economics: Innovation and Internationalization |
| Address | Professur für Applied Economics ETH Zürich, LEE G 101 Leonhardstrasse 21 8092 Zürich SWITZERLAND |
| Telephone | +41 44 632 41 08 |
| pegger@ethz.ch | |
| Department | Management, Technology, and Economics |
| Relationship | Full Professor |
| Number | Title | ECTS | Hours | Lecturers | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 363-0586-00L | International Economics: Theory of New Trade and Multinational Firms | 3 credits | 2V | P. Egger, K. M. K. Erhardt | |
| Abstract | The primary goal of the course is to familiarize students with recent work in international economics. | ||||
| Learning objective | The primary goal of the course is to familiarize students with recent work in international economics. While traditional text books are largely concerned with models where production cost differences between countries (through differences in factor productivity or in relative factor endowments) are the main source of gains from trade, I will assume that students are familiar with these concepts and only briefly touch on them. The focus will be on models where the main reason for trade are consumer preferences and their love of variety and its major impediments are transport costs. Covering models of trade only, of trade and multinational firms, and of factor mobility and agglomeration, students will get a good overview of key contributions in international economics within the last quarter of a century. | ||||
| Literature | Copies of the original articles and relevant chapters of books will be made available to participants of the course. | ||||
| 364-1015-00L | KOF-ETH-UZH International Economic Policy Seminar (University of Zurich) No enrolment to this course at ETH Zurich. Book the corresponding module directly at UZH. UZH Module Code: DOEC0584 Mind the enrolment deadlines at UZH: https://www.uzh.ch/cmsssl/en/studies/application/mobilitaet.html | 2 credits | 1S | P. Egger, J.‑E. Sturm | |
| Abstract | In this seminar series, which is held jointly with Prof. Dr. Woitek and Prof. Dr. Hoffman from the University of Zurich, distinguished international researchers present their current research related to international economic policy. The participating doctoral students are expected to attend the presentations (bi-weekly). Moreover, a critical review has to be prepared for 1 of the papers presented | ||||
| Learning objective | On the one hand, participating students are exposed to research at the frontier of international economic policy research. On the other hand, skills such as critical thinking and preparing reviews are learned. | ||||