Prof Stephanie Rickard

This course is available on the MSc in Comparative Politics, MSc in Political Science and Political Economy and Master of Public Policy. This course is available with permission as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit.

This course is open to all students enrolled on MSc programmes in the Department of Government, with permission, as well as to students enrolled on the Master of Public Policy.

This course examines the role institutions play in global trade. Theories from both economics and political science are used to understand how formal institutions shape states’ trade policies. Both domestic and international institutions influence countries’ trade policies. Therefore, this course examines domestic political institutions, such as electoral systems, as well as international institutions, such as the World Trade Organization.

This course provides a minimum of 30 hours of lectures and seminars in the Lent Term. There will be a reading week in LT Week 6 for private study and assessment preparation.

Students will be asked to complete weekly writing assignments.

Rose, Andrew K. (2004) Do We Really Know That the WTO Increases Trade? American Economic Review 94(1): 98-114; Rickard, Stephanie (2010) Democratic Differences: Electoral Institutions and Compliance with GATT/WTO Agreements. European Journal of International Relations; Baldwin, Robert (1989) The Political Economy of Trade Policy. Journal of Economic Perspectives.

Essay (100%, 4000 words) in the ST.