ECON344-11S2 (C) Semester Two 2011

International Finance

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 11 July 2011
End Date: Sunday, 13 November 2011
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 24 July 2011
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 9 October 2011

Description

International finance and open-economy macroeconomics intended to shed light on practical and policy questions relating to: the determination and behaviour of exchange rates; the relationships between exchange rates, interest rates, inflation, and other macroeconomic variables; international capital flows; international asset pricing; the choice and impact of different exchange rate regimes; global financial crises; the international monetary system and why European countries formed a common currency union.

Learning Outcomes

The main goal of this course is help students develop intuitions and analytical skills to analyze models and identify institutional factors influencing the macroeconomic performance of open economies.

Prerequisites

Restrictions

ECON 210 and FINC 315 and FINC344

Equivalent Courses

Course Coordinator

Kuntal Das

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Assignments 20%
Final Exam 50%
Mid-Term Test 30%

Textbooks / Resources

Recommended Reading

Krugman, Paul R. , Obstfeld, Maurice; International economics : theory & policy ; 8th ed; Pearson/Addison Wesley, 2009.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $630.00

International fee $2,775.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Department of Economics and Finance .

All ECON344 Occurrences

  • ECON344-11S2 (C) Semester Two 2011
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