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    == Home exam ==
    == Home exam ==
    #) Explain why neighboring countries tend to trade extensively with each other.
    #) Explain why neighboring countries tend to [[w:trade|trade]] extensively with each other.
    #) Compare Ricardo’s comparative advantage theory and Heckscher-Ohlin endowment model as explanations for international trade.
    #) Compare [[w:David Ricardo|Ricardo]]’s [[w:comparative advantage|comparative advantage]] theory and [[w:Heckscher-Ohlin|Heckscher-Ohlin]] [[w:Financial endowment|endowment]] model as explanations for [[w:international trade|international trade]].
    #) Vernon’s product life cycle theory explaining exports.
    #) [[w:Vernon L. Smith|Vernon]]’s [[w:product lifecycle|product lifecycle]] theory explaining [[w:export|export]]s.
    #) External economies of scale explaining intraindustry trade.
    #) External [[w:economies of scale|economies of scale]] explaining intraindustry trade.
    #) What are the welfare effects of tariffs?
    #) What are the [[w:welfare|welfare]] effects of [[w:tariff]]s?
    #) What are various forms of trade barriers?
    #) What are various forms of [[w:trade barrier|trade barrier]]s?
    #) Arguments for protection.
    #) Arguments for [[w:protectionism|protection]](ism).
    #) Compare predatory dumping and international price discrimination.
    #) Compare predatory dumping and international [[w:price discrimination|price discrimination]].
    #) Preferential trade arrangements.
    #) Preferential trade arrangements.
    #) Why there is foreign-exchange risk?
    #) Why there is [[w:foreign exchange risk|foreign exchange risk]]?
    #) How is private saving related to the current account?
    #) How is private [[w:saving|saving]] related to the [[w:current account|current account]]?
    #) Compare spot rates, forward rates and swaps.
    #) Compare [[w:spot rate|spot rate]]s, [[w:forward rates|forward rates]] and [[w:Swap (finance)|swap]]s.
    #) Explain how a call (foreign-currency) option is useful in international trade.
    #) Explain how a [[w:call option|call (foreign-currency) option]] is useful in international trade.
    #) Explain how a put (foreign-currency) option is useful in international trade.
    #) Explain how a [[w:put option|put (foreign-currency) option]] is useful in international trade.
    #) Purchasing power parity and interest parity explaining exchange forward exchange rates.
    #) [[w:Purchasing power parity|Purchasing power parity]] and [[w:interest rate parity|interest parity]] explaining [[w:exchange|exchange]] [[w:forward exchange rate|forward exchange rate]]s.
    #) What are the three concepts of exchange rate exposure?
    #) What are the three concepts of [[w:exchange rate|exchange rate]] exposure?
    #) What are the causes of currency crises?
    #) What are the causes of [[w:currency crisis|currency crises]]?
    #) What is the Marshall-Lerner condition?
    #) What is the [[w:Marshall-Lerner condition|Marshall-Lerner condition]]?
    #) Different approaches to the balance of payments.
    #) Different approaches to the [[w:balance of payments|balance of payments]].
    #) The monetary approach explaining exchange rates.
    #) The [[w:monetarism|monetary]] approach explaining exchange rates.


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