econ 352 - international finance

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ECON 352 International Finance Course Outline Farhan Hameed March 8, 2007 Instructor: Farhan Hameed E-mail: [email protected] Oce: Dean’s Wing 208 Oce Hours: Friday 1100 - 1300 Course Timings: 2 X 100 minute sessions Thursday: 1940 - 2120 Friday: 1400 - 1540 Course Description: The goal of this course is to introduce students to major topics in international nance and provide a simple analytical framework for addressing issues in international monetary economics. After a brief overview of balance of payment accounting we will develop a simple model to understand the major relationships in open-economy macroeconomics. The tools developed in the earlier lectures will be used to study the implications of dierent policies such as xed vs. oating exchange rates and devaluations. The second part of the course will cover major issues in international macroeconomic policy such as the international monetary system, optimum currency areas and global capital markets. At the end of the course, students should have a greater appreciation of international nance and be able to access the economic content of news articles on international nance from sources such as Financial Times and The Economist. 1

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