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课程名称：贸易与投资：基于证据的发展政策 课程概述： 该MOOC旨在为希望分析发展中国家和新兴市场的贸易与投资政策的学生提供基础。课程帮助学生提供基于证据的政策建议，对于希望从事政策咨询的学生来说，课程将提供对现有理论和尖端研究的深刻理解。对于对研究感兴趣的学生来说，本课程的一个重要资产是学习如何在政策场合中有效沟通研究结果。 课程大纲： 1. **全球化、贸易与投资的理论** - 第一周（5个视频讲座）让学生理解国际贸易和外国直接投资（FDI）的关键概念和理论，并描述世界经济中的最新趋势。通过对全球化与发展辩论的分析，研究经济背景变化如何推动新的贸易理论的形成，探讨主流与异端理论的不同视角，分析FDI的概念、理论及其对东道国的影响。 2. **贸易与投资政策** - 第二周（4个视频讲座）将帮助学生识别旨在刺激或限制国际贸易和投资的国家政策。讨论政策工具的背景及相关的谈判与条约的重要性，分析双边经济外交在国与国关系中的作用以及对国内企业在国外遇到困难时的支持与限度。 3. **微观：贸易与生产率** - 第三模块（3个视频讲座）从微观经济学的角度探讨国际化、异质性与发展，讨论企业的生产率发展及其出口与进口决策，使用详细可靠的微观经济数据集，理解全球化与生产率之间的微观基础。 4. **宏观：分析工具与建模** - 第四模块（4个视频讲座）介绍评估贸易和/或投资政策的分析工具和重力模型。学习平衡表的显现比较优势指数、赫芬达尔-赫希曼集中指数和格鲁贝尔-劳埃德指数等指标，应用于现实贸易问题的讨论，并分析历史上重力模型的发展，评估贸易政策的挑战，提出避免经验重力估计偏差的解决方案。 5. **提供基于证据的政策建议** - 第五周（3个视频讲座）为学生准备撰写既易于政策制定者理解又基于证据的政策文件。课程开始于对国际贸易和投资的争议的概述，强调政策建议需要全面审视，学习提供建议的五个要点及如何有效地向政策制定者传达科学发现。 该课程为希望深入了解贸易与投资领域的学生提供了系统的理论基础和实用工具，助力学生在政策制定与研究方面取得成功。
Name:Theories of globalization, trade and investment
Description:After the first week (5 video lectures), you will understand key concepts and theories of international trade and foreign direct investment (FDI) and describe recent trends in the world economy. With the debate over (de)globalization and development as our starting point, we analyze how (changes in) the economic context drive the formulation of new trade theories. We will discuss both mainstream and a selection of heterodox approaches. We explore concepts and theories related to FDI, provide an overview of FDI effects for host countries and discuss theories explaining investment activities across national boundaries.
Name:Trade and investment policies
Description:After the second week (4 video lectures) you will be able to identify national policies aimed at either stimulating or restricting international trade and investment. We discuss policies and instruments against the background of recent developments and provide context to the importance of negotiations and treaties that deal with policy instruments. You will be able to analyse where the use of bilateral economic diplomacy in state-to-state relationships can help to assist domestic companies as encounter difficulties abroad and where the contribution of economic diplomats is limited
Name:Micro: Trade and productivity
Description:After the third block (3 video lectures) you will understand the nature of internationalization, heterogeneity, and development from a micro-economic perspective. We will discuss productivity development of firms and their decision to export and import and deal with access to detailed and reliable micro-economic data sets. You will understand the microeconomic underpinnings of globalization and productivity and the process of measuring productivity development and firm heterogeneity. You will also be able to evaluate the relationship between productivity and international trade and FDI and understand the relevance of heterogeneity across firms and their productivity development and interpret their results.
Name:Macro: Analytical tools and modelling
Description:After the fourth block (4 video lectures) you will understand analytical tools and gravity modelling dealing with evaluation of trade and/or investment policies. The Block starts with Balassa’s index of revealed comparative advantage, the Herfindahl Hirschman concentration index, and the Grubel Lloyd index that measures intra-industry trade. You will be able to apply these indicators and relate them to real-world trade issues. Next, we discuss the historical development of the gravity model, which was originally developed in the Netherlands. Finally, you will be able to evaluate challenges and propose solutions to obtain reliable estimates of gravity modelling. Building on solutions proposed to avoid empirical gravity estimation biases, you will experience and experiment with evaluations of trade policies, dealing with time and cost of border documentation and processing for exporting and importing.
Name:Giving evidence based policy advice
Description:The fifth week (3 video lectures) prepares you for actually writing a policy paper that is both accessible to policy makers, and evidence-based. We start with an overview of controversies regarding international trade and investment because policy advice needs to take a holistic view and a policy paper cannot be sound when only the benefits of considered measures are discussed. You will learn the five do’s of giving advice and how to effectively inform policy makers of scientific findings regarding trade and investment.
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. For students interested in policy advise the course brings a sound understanding of what can and what cannot be done with well-established theories and state-of-the-art research. For students interested in research the asset of this course is to learn how to effectively communicate research findings in a policy se
