Course Overview

Economic Integration, NEKH71

Fall 2014



Teacher and Course Director
Maria Persson

Guest Lecturer
J oakim Gullstrand

Teaching Assistant
Ross Wilson

Course Information
All information and course material will be available through the student portal
Live@Lund (http://liveatlund.lu.se). Note that only students registered to the course will
have access to the course site.

Literature
Baldwin, Richard and Charles Wyplosz (2012), The Economics of European
Integration, Fourth edition, McGraw-Hill

Hoekman, Bernard M. and Michel M. Kostecki (2009), The Political Economy of
the World Trading System. The WTO and Beyond, Third edition, Oxford
University Press

Supplementary articles (freely downloadable from Live@Lund)

Lectures
There are 15 lectures, each lasting 2*45 minutes. The lectures are not mandatory, but you
are recommended to attend. PowerPoint presentations used in the lectures will be
available for downloading in Live@Lund after the lecture (in most cases, the presentation
will be available in Live@Lund no later than the morning before the lecture).

Seminars
There will be two voluntary seminars. For each seminar, students will be divided into two
groups (for further details on this, see Live@Lund). Active attendance gives you 5 points
for each seminar, and these points will be added to your results on the written exam. N.B.
Attending the seminars is not mandatory, but recommended.





Assignments
You can also choose to hand in two written assignments (more information will be
available in Live@Lund). You are welcome (and encouraged) to work in groups of up to
three people. Given that it has been satisfactorily written, each assignment gives you 5
points which will be added to your results on the written exam. N.B. Handing in
assignments is not mandatory, but recommended.

Examination
In addition to the voluntary seminars and assignments, there is a mandatory written exam
at the end of the course. The date for the exam is October 28. If you are unable to
participate at that date, or if you receive a fail grade, there is a retake exam on December
9.

The exam gives a maximum of 80 points (regardless of whether or not you have attended
seminars or handed in assignments). Thus, you can altogether get 100 points from the
seminars (5+5), assignments (5+5) and written exam (80). Grades are given according to
the following limits:

A (Excellent): 85 points
B (Very Good): 75 points
C (Good): 65 points
D (Satisfactory): 55 points
E (Sufficient): 50 points

Please note that points from seminar attendance and assignments only are valid the
current semester.