Universität Wien

040651 UK International Macroeconomics and Financial Crises (BA) (2016W)

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 4 - Wirtschaftswissenschaften
Prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung

This is a course for advanced bachelor students in economics. Knowledge of Microeconomics and Macroeconomics at the level taught in the economics bachelor is required.
The material covered is not mathematically complex, but it is taught in a formal and rigorous manner, which assumes a good familiarity with basic economic concepts.

An/Abmeldung

Hinweis: Ihr Anmeldezeitpunkt innerhalb der Frist hat keine Auswirkungen auf die Platzvergabe (kein "first come, first served").

Details

max. 60 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch

Lehrende

Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert

Montag 03.10. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 10 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
Montag 10.10. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 10 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
Montag 17.10. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 10 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
Montag 24.10. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 10 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
Montag 31.10. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 10 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
Montag 07.11. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 10 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
Montag 14.11. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 10 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
Montag 21.11. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 10 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
Montag 28.11. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 10 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
Montag 05.12. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 10 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
Montag 12.12. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 10 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
Montag 09.01. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 10 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
Montag 16.01. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 10 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
Montag 23.01. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 10 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
Montag 30.01. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 10 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock

Information

Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung

This course provides an analysis of the macroeconomic relationships between countries.
Topics covered include: international financial markets and the gains from international financial integration, the foreign exchange market and the determination of exchange rates; monetary and fiscal policy in open economies; the different approaches to the balance of payments. The second part of the course will focus on financial crises in general: sovereign debt crises, balance of payments crises, speculative attacks, the US sub-prime crisis, and the current Euro crisis.

Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel

Grades will be based on a midterm (40 %) and a final exam (40 %), and on an essay (20%). Students can deregister from the course until the end of November.

Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab

The objective of the course is for the students (1) to acquire the analytical skills necessary to understand how international economic relations affect the economic performance of countries; (2) to apply their knowledge to particular phenomena and policy-relavant situations.

Prüfungsstoff

The course will have a lecture structure.

Literatur

The first part of the course will be based on P. Krugman, M. Obstfeld, M. Melitz: International Economics: Theory and Policy, Ninth edition, Pearson Addison Wesley (K&O),
The second part of the course will be based on academic (both theoretical and empirical) and policy papers.

Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis

Letzte Änderung: Mo 07.09.2020 15:29