ECON 403C - Seminar in International Finance

Unit(s): 4

The goal of this course is to explain movements in the trade balance, exchange rates, national output, and inflation. The first portion of the course develops building blocks regarding these movements. The second part of the course develops a theoretical framework which we will use to analyze policy issues such as the sustainability of the U.S. trade deficit, the Asian currency crisis, the Argentine crisis, the European Monetary Union and the Euro, the debt crisis, the international monetary system, and capital market integration.

Grading: GRD
Prerequisite(s): ECON 303, ECON 304, ECON 305 and ECON 317 or equivalents with consent of instructor. Do not take this class without these prerequisites.

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