Thorsten Janus

Associate Professor

University of Wyoming

 

353 East Business Building

College of Business

Department of Economics and Finance, Dept. 3985

Laramie, WY 82071

Email: tjanus@uwyo.edu

Ph.: 1-307-766-3384

Fax: 1-307-766-5090

 

Econ 4350: Game Theory

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Econ 4720: International Trade

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4350 Homework

4350 Answer Keys

4350 Links

4720 Slides

4720 KUAs, Ans.Keys

4720 Links

HW 1

HW 1 Ans. Key

Solutions to textbook solved problems

--Overview & The Gravity Model

KUA1

US Int. Trade Administration

HW 2

HW 2 Answer Key

www.gametheory.net

--Trade Ideas in Historical Context

KUA2

Ans. Key page 1, 2, 3

World Trade Organization

HW 3

HW 3 Answer Key

Mind YourDecisions:

The Ricardo Model

KUA3

UN UNCTAD

 

HW4

 

HW 4 Answer Key

Economist magazine

 

--The HO Model

 

KUA 4; Answer Key

 

HW 5

HW 5 Answer Key

 

 

--The Standard Trade Model

KUA 5; Answer Key

 

Midterm 1

 

 

--Increasing Returns models of trade

KUA 6; Answer Key

 

Midterm 2

 

 

 

Trade Policy

KUA 7; Answer Key

 

 

 

 

 

--Arguments for and against trade policies + trade policy in practice

KUA 8; Answer Key

 

 

 

 

 

--International Trade Agreements

KUA 9; Answer Key

 

 

 

 

 

--International Factor Movements

KUA 10; Answer Key

 

 

 

 

 

--Trade Policy for Developing Countries

KUA 11

 

 

 

 

 

FINAL EXAM STUDYGUIDE

KUA 12; Answer Key

 

 

 

 

 

KUA 13

 

 

 

 

 

Papers: Bacon, Resource Consulting Services, Edwards & Lan

KUA 14

 

 

 

 

 

 

Midterm 1

 

 

 

 

 

 

Midterm 2

 

 

    Map of the World (note region maps below)

 

Project Syndicate (opinion and analysis of global issues)

 

CV

 

Courses

Econ 1010: Principles of Macroeconomics

Econ 1020: Principles of Microeconomics

Econ 3010: Intermediate Macroeconomics

Econ 4700: Economic Development

Econ 4720: International Trade

Econ 5300: Game Theory

Econ 5720: Advanced International Trade

MBAM/MBAX 5330: Advanced Managerial Economics/Global Business Environment

 

Economic Development Research

 

Dictatorship, Interest Groups and Government Predation: The Case of Zimbabwe (w/ Johnson Gwatipedza)

 

Do Broad-Based Governments Discourage Civil War? (updated April 2013)

 

The Political Economy of Fertility (working paper), forthcoming, Public Choice

 

Odious Debt in an Imperfect World, (working paper) Appendix forthcoming, Review of Development Economics

 

Natural Resource Extraction and Civil Conflict (working paper) Appendix Journal of Development Economics 97, 1, 24-31, 2011

 

Trust and Culture International Game Theory Review 11, 2, 199-206, 2009

 

Interventions and Conflict Incentives, Ethnopolitics 8, 2, 191-208, 2009

 

Democracy, Capital Flows, and Odious Debt, Journal of International Trade and Economic Development 18, 2, 207-34, 2009

 

Sticks and Carrots: Two Incentive Mechanisms Supporting Intra-Group Cooperation, Economics Letters 103, 2, 177-80, 2009

(with Jamus Jerome Lim)

 

Aid and the Soft Budget Constraint, Review of Development Economics 13, 2, 264-75, 2009

 

International Finance Research

 

International Gross Capital Flows: A New Measure and Application to a Global Panel of External Financial Crises

(with Daniel Riera-Crichton), forthcoming, Journal of Policy Modeling

 

Sovereign Default Risk, Over-­confident Investors and Diverse Beliefs: Theory and Evidence from a New Dataset on Outstanding Credit Default Swaps (with Yothin Jinjarak and Manachaya Uruyos), forthcoming, Journal of Financial Stability

 

Banking Crises, External Turmoil and the Role of Gross Foreign Investment Reversals

(with Daniel Riera-Crichton)

 

The Output Effects of Gross Foreign Investment Reversals

(with Daniel Riera-Crichton)

 

How Much Has the Euro Stabilized Real Exchange Rates and Did It Matter for Growth?

(with Daniel Riera-Crichton)

 

Can Abandonment Options Decrease Investment Returns?


Older Papers

 

Why Do IPOs Underperform on the Stock Market? A Managerial Agency View

 

Promoting Democracy by Supporting Opponents

 

Inefficient Sovereign Defaults

 

A Note on Strategic Extraction from Intrinsically Valuable Resource Stocks

 

When can Lending Sanctions Improve Welfare?

 

A Rational Choice Approach to Illiberal Democracy

 

Mistrusting Strangers as a Social Norm

 

Monopoly and the Joneses

 

Public Investment with Insecure Public Property Rights

 

Financial Integration, Technology and the Output-Volatility Trade-Off