The reading list for each topic is separated into two groups: “essential” and “recommended. “Essential” readings will be covered extensively in class, and you are strongly encouraged to read them prior to class. “Recommended” readings combine classical references and examples of recent papers in a particular area, which may or may not be covered in class.
There are no required textbooks. The following books are cited in the reading list by the abbreviations indicated.
[BS] = Bagwell, Kyle, and Robert W. Staiger. The Economics of the World Trading System. MIT Press, 2004. ISBN: 9780262524346. [Preview with Google Books]
[DN] = Dixit, Avinash, and Victor Norman. Theory of International Trade. Cambridge University Press, 1980. ISBN: 9780521299695. [Preview with Google Books]
[F] = Feenstra, Robert C. Advanced International Trade: Theory and Evidence. Princeton University Press, 2003. ISBN: 9780691114101.
[JK] = Jones, Ron, and Peter Kenen. Handbook of International Economics. Vol. 1. North Holland, 1998. ISBN: 9780444704221.
[GR] = Grossman, Gene, and Ken Rogoff. Handbook of International Economics. Vol. 3. North Holland, 1997. ISBN: 9780444828644. [Preview with Google Books]
[GH] = Grossman, Gene, and Elhanan Helpman. Innovation and Growth in the Global Economy. MIT Press, 1993. ISBN: 9780262570978. [Preview with Google Books]
[HKa] = Helpman, Elhanan, and Paul Krugman. Market Structure and Foreign Trade: Increasing Returns, Imperfect Competition, and the International Economy. MIT Press, 1987. ISBN: 9780262580878. [Preview with Google Books]
[HKb] = Helpman, Elhanan, and Paul Krugman. Trade Policy and Market Structure. MIT Press, 1989. ISBN: 9780262580984. [Preview with Google Books]
[K] = Krugman, Paul. Rethinking International Trade. MIT Press, 1994. ISBN: 9780262610957. [Preview with Google Books]
[DN] pp. 65–79, and 94–6.
Dixit, A., and V. Norman. “Gains from Trade without Lump-Sum Compensation.” Journal of International Economics 21, no. 1–2 (1986): 111–22.
Samuelson, P. “The Gains from International Trade.” Cambridge Journal of Economics (1939): 195–205.
Eaton, J., and S. Kortum. “Technology, Geography and Trade.” Econometrica 70, no. 5 (2002): 1741–79.
Costinot, A. “On the Origins of Comparative Advantage.” Journal of International Economics 77, no. 2 (2009): 255–64.
Grossman, G., and E. Rossi-Hansberg. “[External Economies and International Trade Redux](http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1162/qjec.2010.125.2.829).” The Quarterly Journal of Economics 125, no. 2 (2010): 829–58.
Eaton, J., and S. Kortum. “Putting Ricardo to Work.” Journal of Economic Perspectives 26, no. 2 (2012): 65–90.
Costinot, A., and J. Vogel. “Matching and Inequality in the World Economy.” Journal of Political Economy 118, no. 4 (2010): 747–86.
Grossman, Gene M, and G. Maggi. “Diversity and Trade.” American Economic Review 90, no. 5 (2000): 1255–75.
Ohnsorge, F., and D. Trefler. “Sorting It Out: International Trade and Protection with Heterogeneous Workers.” Journal of Political Economy 115, no. 5 (2007): 868–92. (NBER Working Paper no. 10959)
Heckman, J., and B. Honore. “The Empirical Content of the Roy Model.” Econometrica 58, no. 5 (1990): 1121–49.
Frankel, J., and D. Romer. “Does Trade Cause Growth?” American Economic Review 89, no. 3 (1999): 379–99.
Rodrik, Dani, and Francisco Rodriguez. “Trade Policy and Economic Growth: A Skeptic’s Guide to the Cross-National Evidence.” In Kenneth Rogoff and Ben S. Bernanke. NBER Macroeconomics Annual 2000, MIT Press, 2001_._ ISBN: 9780262025034_._
Broda, Christian, and David E. Weinstein. “[Globalization and the Gains from Variety](http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1162/qjec.2006.121.2.541).” The Quarterly Journal of Economics 121, no. 2 (2006): 541–85.
Costinot, Arnaud and Dave Donaldson. “What Goods Do Countries Trade? A Quantitative Exploration of Ricardo’s Ideas.” Review of Economic Studies 79, no. 2 (2012): 581-608.
Costinot, A., and D. Donaldson. “Ricardo’s Theory of Comparative Advantage: Old Idea, New Evidence.” American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings 102, no. 3 (2012): 453–58.
[DN] pp. 38–43, 86–7, and 102–6.
Bhagwati, J. “A Three Factor Model in Theory, Trade and History.” Trade, Balance of Payments and Growth. Edited by R. W. Jones, R. Mundell and J. Vanek. North-Holland Publishing Company, 1975.
[F] pp. 31–41, 64–71, and 83–93.
Dornbusch, R., Stanley Fischer, and Paul A. Samuelson. “Heckscher-Ohlin Trade Theory with a Continuum of Goods.” The Quarterly Journal of Economics 95, no. 2 (1980): 203–24.
[JK] Ethier, W. “Higher Dimensional Trade Theory.”
Leamer, Edward E. The Craft of Economics: Lessons From the Heckscher-Olin Framework. The MIT Press, 2012. ISBN: 9780262016872.
Baldwin, Robert E. The Development and Testing of Heckscher-Ohlin Trade Models: A Review (Ohlin Lectures). MIT Press, 2008. ISBN: 9780262026567.
[F] Chapters 2, and 4.
Leamer, Edward E. The Craft of Economics: Lessons from the Heckscher-Olin Framework. The MIT Press, 2012. ISBN: 9780262016872.
[GR] Leamer, and Levinsohn. “International Trade Theory: The Evidence.” [section 1–3 only]
Hartigan. “Specialization and the Volume of Trade: Do the Data Obey the Laws?” Handbook of International Trade: Economic and Legal Analyses of Trade Policy and Institutions. Vol. 2. Edited by Choi and Hartigan. Wiley-Blackwell, 2005. ISBN: 9781405120623. [section 2 only].
Davis, and Weinstein. “The Factor Content of Trade.” The Handbook of International Trade: Economic and Legal Analyses of Trade Policy and Institutions. Vol. 2. Edited by J. Choi and J. Harrigan. Wiley-Blackwell, 2005. ISBN: 9781405120623.
Antweiler, Werner and David Trefler. “Increasing Returns and All That: A View from Trade.” American Economic Review 92 no. 1 (2002): 93–119.
Choi, and Krishna. “The Factor Content of Bilateral Trade: An Empirical Test.” Journal of Political Economy 112, no. 4 (2004): 887–914.
Davis, and Weinstein. “An Account of Global Factor Trade.” American Economic Review 91, no. 5 (2001): 1423–53.
Debaere, Peter. “Relative Factor Abundance and Trade.” Journal of Political Economy 111, no. 3 (2003): 589–610.
Gabaix, X. “The Factor Content of Trade: A Rejection of the Heckscher-Ohlin-Leontief Hypothesis.” Mimeo, Harvard, 1997.
Trefler, Daniel. “The Case of the Missing Trade and Other Mysteries.” American Economic Review 85, no. 5 (1995): 1029–46.
Trefler, Daniel, and Susan Chun Zhu. “The Structure of Factor Content Predictions.” Journal of International Economics 82, no. 2 (2010): 195–207.
[JK] Tybout. “Plant- and Firm-Level Evidence on “New” Trade Theories.”
Bernard, Jensen, et al. “Firms in International Trade.” Journal of Economic Perspectives 21, no. 3 (2007): 105–30.
Helpman, Melitz, et al. “Estimating Trade Flows: Trading Partners and Trading Volumes.” The Quarterly Journal of Economics 123, no. 2 (2008): 441–87.
Pavcnik, Nina. “[Trade Liberalization, Exit, and Productivity Improvements: Evidence from Chilean Plants](http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1111/1467-937X.00205).” Review of Economic Studies 69, no. 1 (2002): 245–76.
Bernard, Eaton, et. al. “Plants and Productivity in International Trade.” American Economic Review 93, no. 4 (2003): 1268–90.
Bernard, Andrew B., and J. Bradford Jensen. “Exceptional Exporter Performance: Cause, Effect, or Both?” Journal of International Economics 47, no. 1 (1999): 1–25.
Melitz, M., and S. Redding. “Heterogeneous Firms and Trade.” NBER Working Paper No. 18652, 2012. (Handbook (2013))
Bernard, S. Redding, et al. “Comparative Advantage and Heterogeneous Firms.” (PDF) Review of Economic Studies 74, no. 1 (2007): 31–66.
Melitz, Marc, and Gianmarco Ottaviano. “Market Size, Trade and Productivity.” Review of Economic Studies 75, no. 1 (2008): 295–316.
[HKa] Chapters 6, and 9.
[K] Chapters 1, and 3.
Fajgelbaum, P., G. Grossman, et al. “Income Distribution, Product Quality, and International Trade.” (PDF) Journal of Political Economy 119, no. 4 (2011): 721–65.
Arkolakis, C., and Arnaud Costinot. “New Trade Models, Same Old Gains?” American Economic Review 102, no. 1 (2012): 94–130.
Costinot A., and A. Rodriguez-Clare. “Trade Theory with Numbers: Quantifying the Consequences of Globalization.” NBER Working Paper no. 18896, 2013. Handbook
Atkeson, A., and A. Burstein “Innovation, Firm Dynamics, and International Trade.” Journal of Political Economy 118, no. 3 (2010): 433–84.
Ramondo, N., and A. Rodriguez-Clare. “Trade, Multinational Production, and the Gains from Openness.” Journal of Political Economy 121, no. 2 (2013): 273–322. (NBER Working Paper no. 15604)
Anderson, James E, and Van Wincoop. “Trade Costs.” Journal of Economic Literature 42 (2004): 691–751.
Trefler, and Lai. Working Paper 2002.
Head, and Mayer. Handbook chapter draft. (2013).
Anderson, James E., and Van Wincoop. “Gravity with Gravitas: A Solution to the Border Puzzle.” American Economic Review 93, no. 1 (2003): 170–92.
Rauch, James E. “Networks Versus Markets in International Trade.” Journal of International Economics 48, no. 1 (1999): 7–35.
Hummels, and Hilberry. “Trade Responses to Geographic Frictions: A Decomposition Using MicroData.” European Economic Review 52, no. 3 (2008): 527–50. (NBER Working Paper no. 11339)
Fackler, and Goodwin. “Spatial Price Analysis.” In Handbook of Agricultural Economics Volume 1B: Marketing, Distribution, and Consumers. Edited by Gardner and Rausser. North Holland, 2001. ISBN: 9780444507297.
Engel, and Rogers. “How Wide is the Border?” American Economic Review 86, no. 5 (1996): 1112–25.
Greif, Avner. Institutions and the Path to the Modern Economy: Lessons From Medieval Trade.Cambridge University Press, 2006. ISBN: 9780521671347.
Fafchamps. Market Institutions in Sub-Saharan Africa: Theory and Evidence. MIT Press, 2004. ISBN: 9780262062367.
Antràs, P., L. Garicano, et al. “Offshoring in a Knowledge Economy.” The Quarterly Journal of Economics 121, no. 1 (2006): 31–77. (NBER Working Paper no. 11094)
Antras, P., and E. Rossi-Hansberg. “Organizations and Trade.” Annual Review of Economics 1, no. 1 (2009): 43–64. (NBER Working Paper no. 14262)
Costinot, A., J. Vogel, et al. “An Elementary Theory of Global Supply Chains.” Review of Economic Studies 80, no. 1 (2013): 109–44. (NBER Working Paper no. 16936)
Burstein A., and A. Monge-Naranjo. “Foreign Know-How, Firm Control, and the Income of Developing Countries.” The Quarterly Journal of Economics 124, no. 1 (2009): 149–95.
Grossman, Gene M, and E. Rossi-Hansberg. “Trading Tasks: A Simple Theory of Offshoring.” American Economic Review 98, no. 5 (2008): 1978–97.
Kremer, M., and E. Maskin. “Globalization and Inequality.” (PDF - 1.34MB) Mimeo, Harvard University, 2006.
Nocke, V., and S. Yeaple. “An Assignment Theory of Foreign Direct Investment.” Review of Economic Studies 75, no. 2 (2008): 529–57.
Rodriguez-Clare, A. “Offshoring in a Ricardian World.” American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics 2, no. 2 (2010): 227–58.
———. “Vertical Specialization and the Border Effect Puzzle.” American Economic Review, 2005. (Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia Working Paper no. 05-24).
Blinder, Alan, and Alan Krueger. “Alternative Measures of Offshorability: A Survey Approach.” NBER Working Paper No. 15287, 2009.
Blinder, Alan. “How Many U.S. Jobs Might Be Offshorable?” Princeton Working Paper, 2007.
Becker, Sascha, Karolina Elkholm, and Marc-Andreas Muendler. “Offshoring and The Onshore Composition of Tasks and Skills.” UCSD Working Paper, 2009.
Fujita, Masahisa, Paul Krugman, and Anthony J. Venables. _ The Spatial Economy: Cities, Regions and International Trade_. MIT Press, 1999. ISBN: 9780262062046.
Redding, and Sturm. American Economic Review 2007.
Bleakley, and Yin. The Quarterly Journal of Economics 2011.
Greenstone, Hornbeck and Moretti. The Journal of Political Economy 2010.
G., Grossman, and E. Helpman. “Protection for Sale.” American Economic Review 84, no. 4 (1994): 833–50.
Dixit, A. “Tax Policy in Open Economies.” Handbook of Public Economics. Vol. 1. Edited by A. Auerbach and M. Feldstein. North Holland, 1985. ISBN: 9780444876126.
Johnson, H. G. “Optimum Tariffs and Retaliation.” Review of Economic Studies 1953.
[GR] Rodrik, D. “The Political Economy of Trade Policy.”
Bagwell, Kyle, and R. W. Staiger. “An Economic Theory of GATT.” American Economic Review 89, no. 1 (1999): 215–48.
Grossman, G., and E. Helpman. “Trade Wars and Trade Talks.” Journal of Political Economy 103, (1995): 675–708. (NBER Working Paper no. 4280)
Maggi, G., and A. Rodríguez-Clare. “The Value of Trade Agreements in the Presence of Political Pressures.” Journal of Political Economy 106, no. 3 (1998): 574–601.
Horn, Henrik, G. Maggi, et al. “Trade Agreements as Endogenously Incomplete Contracts.” American Economic Review 100, no. 1 (2010): 394–419.
[GR] Brander, J. “Strategic trade policy.”
Brander, J., and B. Spencer. “Export Subsidies and International Market Share Rivalry.” (PDF) Journal of International Economics 18 (1985): 83–100.
Eaton, J., and G. Grossman. “Optimal Trade Policy and Industrial Policy Under Oligopoly.” The Quarterly Journal of Economics 101, no. 2 (1986): 383–406.
[HKb] Chapters 3, 4, 5, 6, and 8.
Goldberg, Pinelopi Koujianou, and Maggi. “Protection for Sale: An Empirical Investigation.” American Economic Review 89, no. 5 (1999): 1135–55.
[JK] Gawande, and Krishna. “The Political Economy of Trade Policy: Empirical Approaches.”
Broda, Christian, Nuno Limão, and David E. Weinstein. “Optimal Tariffs and Market Power: The Evidence.” American Economic Review 98, no. 5 (2008): 2032-2065.
Rose, Andrew K. “Do We Really Know That the WTO Increases Trade?” American Economic Review 94, no. 1 (2004): 98–114.