Research and Quantitative Methods for Trade Policy

Course Description

This course addresses the theoretical, ethical, and practical issues that arise in the conduct of qualitative and quantitative research. This course is designed for graduate students with an interest in international trade policy and some of the various quantitative methods available to facilitate detailed analysis. It emphasizes areas such as sources and understanding of trade and other economic data, descriptive statistics for summarising  and  recounting data, index numbers, regression analysis, partial and general equilibrium analysis, games theory, and measures of competition and protection.