Economics of European and International Integration

(Fall 2017)

Prof. Rosella Nicolini

 

Program

 

Schedule

Date

Time

Topic
 

 

November 21st 2017

 

16:00 -19:00

Core and periphery structure

Regional divergence/Cohesion Policy

 

Slides

Slides

 

November 22nd 2017

 

16:00 -19:00

Productivity: trade theory and its importance
Discussion evidence. EU technological gap.

 

Slides

Slide

 

November 23rd 2017

 

17:00 -20:00

 

Foreign direct investment and local development

 

 

Slides

 

November 28th 2017

 

16:00 -19:00

 

Competition issues

 

Slides

Other slides

 

November 29th 2017

 

16:00 -19:00

 

Immigration

 

Slides

December 12th 2017 16:00 -19:00 Computer lab
December 13th 2017 16:00 -19:00 Computer lab

 

FINAL GRADES

 

Individual problem set (to turn in on December 19th 2017 - paper support- )

 

Other material

 

- Krugman's Nobel Lecture: slides

- Mergers: "Ocean Apart" (from The Economist, May 1st 2008)

- "The dark side of globalization" (from The Economist, May 29th 2008)

- Technology & Geography: "Something in the air" (from The Economist, October 27th 2012)

- Technology isn't working (from The Economist, October 04th 2014)

- Needed but not wanted (from The Economist, October 01th 2016)

- The good, the bad and the ugly (from The Economist, October 01th 2016)

 

Last Update: January 08th 2018