Peter Egger: Catalogue data in Spring Semester 2016

Name Prof. Dr. Peter Egger
FieldApplied 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
E-mailpegger@ethz.ch
DepartmentManagement, Technology, and Economics
RelationshipFull Professor

NumberTitleECTSHoursLecturers
363-0586-00LInternational Economics: Theory of New Trade and Multinational Firms3 credits2VP. Egger, K. Erhardt
AbstractWe will then move to two-sector models developed by Helpman and Krugman.
ObjectiveThe 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.
LiteratureCopies of the original articles and relevant chapters of books will be made available to participants of the course.
364-1015-00LKOF-ETH-UZH International Economic Policy Seminar Restricted registration - show details 1 credit1SP. Egger, J.‑E. Sturm
AbstractIn 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
ObjectiveOn 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.