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Books

All books in this section are recommended for this course. Click any book to see its description, and click the "Find at UNC" button to locate its catalog record. Alternatively, you can search for your own books using the search box at the bottom of this section.

International Economics textbook International Economics: theory, application, and policy

Frontiers of research in intra-industry trade The development and testing of Heckscher-Ohlin trade models : a review This time is different : eight centuries of financial folly

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Handbooks and Databases

21st Century Economics: A Reference Handbook
Formulated specifically for beginners and students, this guide includes highly-readable summaries of theories and models in key areas of micro and macroeconomics, as well as a “big picture” view of the field of economics. There is even a section specifically for “International Economics,” which will prove invaluable in this course. If you stumble upon something in one of your readings for class where you have no idea what the word/phrase means, check this handbook first because it will likely be able to explain the term(s) in an easy-to-understand way.

EconLit
EconLit contains abstracts from a large selection of the economic literature, and it links to the full text of these articles when they are contained in an EBSCO database to which we subscribe. You may not need this database as much in 100-level class (although I suggest using it to look for information on the Greek deficit for your first discussion paper), but it will be very useful in coming years if you progress in the economics track.

Business Source Complete
This database is the go-to database for business students; it contains full-text business journals spanning all aspects of business. It will be useful to you throughout your program, no matter which branch of business you choose, though for now we will use it for economics.
If you are confused about intra-industry trade and what role the U.S. has to play in it (which is part of the prompt for discussion paper two), we suggest using this database to check out the article titled “Determinants of United States’ Vertical and Horizontal Intra-Industry Trade.” Otherwise, you can use it to look for academic sources for your final paper or search for more information on specific topics.

RePEc: Research Papers in Economics
This database may be a bit advanced for a 165-level course, but it contains over 1.5 million items of research in economics, so if you are looking for sources to support your papers or a certain topic, this is a great place to start. It contains over 500,000 working papers, almost 1 million articles, 19,000 chapters, 17,000 books, and 3,000 software components for researchers… and it’s completely free, UNC access or no.

Economics subfield of Science Direct
A useful database with books and journals at all levels, from beginner to advanced level – though admittedly, there’s more advanced-level material than you need. Use this to get a brief overview of the field of economics and the publications/concepts contained within it. Pay particular attention to “Economics for Financial Markets,” especially the chapters about trade; you can access this book by going to the letter “E” and locating it on the first page.

More Article Databases | How Do I Find Articles? | How Do I Find an Article if it is

not Full-Text? | How Do I Distinguish Different Types of Journals?

Syllabus

Here is a downloadable PDF version of your class syllabus. I will base my recommendations on this document, so I encourage you to become familiar with the due dates and concepts discussed therein.

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