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10949 (v.4) WASM International Resource Trade 601
Area: | WASM Mineral Economics Teaching Area |
Contact Hours: | 16.0 |
Credits: | 12.5 |
Lecture: | 4 x 4 Hours Weekly |
Anti Requisite(s): | 13005 (v.2) WASM International Resource Competitiveness 601 or any previous version
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Prerequisite(s): | 10939 (v.4) WASM Natural Resources Economics 601 or any previous version
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| The Importance of Minerals Trade, trade and growth, the balance of payments, Basis for Trade - Factor Endowments and Exchange, Factor Mobility or Commodity Trade - the alternatives, Factor Price Equalisation - which factors? Pricing and Trade Mechanics. Market Structure - Multinationals and vertical integration - International price/quantity stabilisation, Market Disequilibrium - trade barriers, interventions, restrictive trade practices. Transport - Physical Issues, Process Location and Product Specs, Costing and Netbacks. Trade Finance and Risk - Principals and Agents, Physical - Risk and Hedge, Exchange rates - PPP and Practice and Theory, Spot rates and Forward Rates, Exchange risk - some practice. Additional Considerations - External influences such as environmental issues and technical transfers. Actual tuition undertaken as 16 hours of class in a four day module. |
Availability
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 2 | Y | | |
Area
External | refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research. |
Central
External | refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area |
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