FINC344-11S2 (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.

Prerequisites

Restrictions

FINC315, ECON344, ECON210

Equivalent Courses

Course Coordinator

Kuntal Das

Assessment

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

Textbooks / Resources

Required Texts

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 FINC344 Occurrences

  • FINC344-11S2 (C) Semester Two 2011
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