Erasmus University Rotterdam - Trade & investment: evidence-based policies for development
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Trade & investment: evidence-based policies for development at Coursera Overview
Duration | 17 hours |
Total fee | Free |
Mode of learning | Online |
Official Website | Explore Free Course  |
Credential | Certificate |
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Trade & investment: evidence-based policies for development at Coursera Highlights
- Earn a Certificate upon completion
Trade & investment: evidence-based policies for development at Coursera Course details
- This MOOC prepares students that want to analyse trade and investment policies of developing countries and emerging markets
- We couch you for the task of giving evidence-based policy
- Upon completion, you will have a good understanding of international trade and investment theories and recent developments in the world economy and their consequence on issues related to developing countries and emerging markets
- You will be able to analyse the determinants of trade and investment, to measure the impact of trade and investment and to provide evidence-based policy advice that fits development strategies in emerging markets and developing economies
Trade & investment: evidence-based policies for development at Coursera Curriculum
Theories of globalization, trade and investment
Globalization and development
How globalization shaped economic theory
Modern trade theories
Understanding Foreign Direct Investment
FDI and Development
Measuring Openness
Productivity: development, competition, and measurement
Suggestions for further reading
Suggestions for further reading
Appendix A2: Essays on intra-industry spillovers from FDI in developing countries: A firm-level analysis with a focus on Sub-Saharan Africa
Chapter 1: Essays on intra-industry spillovers from FDI in developing countries: A firm-level analysis with a focus on Sub-Saharan Africa
Chapter 7: Essays on intra-industry spillovers from FDI in developing countries: A firm-level analysis with a focus on Sub-Saharan Africa
Practice quiz week 1
Trade and investment policies
Tools of trade policy
FDI policy instruments
FDI global and regional flows
Economic diplomacy
Quota
Observing FDI spillover transmission channels: evidence from firms in Uganda
Open sources on international trade, investment and policies
The weight of economic and commercial diplomacy
Practice quiz week 2
Micro: Trade and productivity
Internationalization, Heterogeneity and Development
Productivity development and firm heterogeneity
Measuring heterogeneity and productivity
Productivity premia and firm heterogeneity in Eastern Africa
Heterogeneity and development
Effectiveness of export promotion programs
Practice quiz week 3
Macro: Analytical tools and modelling
Analytical tools and concepts
Gravity model: history and recent developments
Gravity Estimation: challenges and solutions
Estimation of trade policy analysis with gravity
A practical guide to trade policy analysis
A short history of gravity
An advanced guide to trade policy analysis: The structural gravity model
From EAC-6 to EAC 7: potentials and pitfalls of the enlargement of the East African Community
Practice quiz week 4
Giving evidence based policy advice
Trade, FDI and controversies in developing countries
How to give policy advice
Evidence-based policy advice
Further reading
How to prepare good tables and graphs
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