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Final Exam Prep
  1. The practice exam and solutions are posted. 
  2. Regular office hours still open: T 4PM-5PM, W 11AM-noon
  3. Send question to me by email (kjr42@psu.edu) Thursday through Sunday. Will reply to all by 5PM of that day. 
  4. Nikita will have office hours in Kern 413 on Friday fron noon-2PM.

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TA: Nikita Lipskiy (nxl48@psu.edu)
Office hrs: F 1200-1300 @ Kern  (map)  

Professor Kim Joseph Ruhl (kjr42@psu.edu)
Office hrs: T 1600-1700 & W 1100-1200 @ Kern 615 (map)

Schedule

Week 1: August 22 & 24
Introduction // Multinational Data

Reading:
Section 2 of Antras and Yeaple (2013) 
Notes on horizontal FDI

Slides: (T) N/A // (R) HFDI Prelims [markup]

Week 2: August 29 & 31
Multinational Data // Horizontal FDI

Reading:
Problem set guidelines
Notes on horizontal FDI

Slides: (T) HFDI I [markup] // (R)  N/A

Week 3: September 5 & 7
Horizontal FDI  

Due end of class (September 7):
Problem set #1  [PS1_Data.xlsx] 
PS #1 Solutions [workbook]

Reading:
Notes on horizontal FDI

Slides: (T) HFDI II  [markup] // (R) N/A

Week 4: September 12 & 14
Horizontal FDI // Proximity-Concentration
 

Week 5: September 19 & 21
Export platforms

 

Reading: Case study background
Walmart's history
Unit counts: 2017 // 1996
Annual reports: 2017 // 1998
NYT on Walmart in Germany

Slides: (T) [markup]   // (R) Export platforms practice

Week 6: September 26 & 28
Case study I // Export platforms

Bring to class (September 26):
Case study background questions
In class discussion questions

Due end of class (September 28):
Problem set #2 [PS2_Data.xlsx] 
PS #2 Solutions [workbook]

Practice Exam I // Solution [solution updated 10/2]

Slides: (T) Review [markup]

Week 7: October 3 & 5
Review // Exam I
Solutions // Regrade form

Week 8: October 10 & 12
Two-stage production // Vertical FDI
 

Reading:
Notes on vertical FDI
Vox on Tohoku earthquake
WSJ on Japanese earthquake & Toyota

Slides: (T) VFDI II [markup] // (R) N/A  

Week 9: October 17 & 19
Vertical FDI

Due end of class (October 19): 
Problem set #3 [PS3_Data.xlsx] 
PS #3 Solutions [workbook]

Reading:
Walmart in Mexico (Section 2 only)
Slides: (T) Host I [markup] // (R) Host II [markup]

Week 10: October 24 & 26
Host country effects of FDI
 

Reading:
Notes on FDI competition

Section II in Hanson (2001) 
BBC on Nissan in Sunderland (Brexit)

Case study reading:
WSJ on Blue Macaw
GM discussion in Hanson (2001, pg. 19-20 only)
GM 2016 10-K  

Slides: (T) Competition [markup] // (R) [markup]

Week 11: October 31 & November 2
Competing for FDI

Bring to class (November 2):
Case study questions

Due end of class (November 2):
Problem set #4 
Problem set #4 solutions

Week 12: November 7 & 9
Review // Exam II
Solutions // Regrade form

Week 13: November 14 & 16
Taxes // Optimization review

Reading:
Notes on hold up
BBC on holding up airline passengers

Slides: (T) Holdup [markup] // (R) N/A

Week 14: November 28 & 30 (No class Nov. 21 & 23)
Internalization // Incomplete contracts

 

Reading:
Motley Fool on Apple CapEx 

Notes on licensing (optional)
C&EN on IP in China (optional)

Practice exam // Solution

Slides: (T) Exam information // (R) Review [markup]

Week 15: December 5 & 7
Incomplete contracts // Review

Due end of class (December 7)
Problem Set #5 [update 11/30]
Problem Set #5 Solutions

 

Week 16: Monday December 11, 2017 8:00AM-9:50AM
Final Exam // Osmond Lab 101