608.155 (24S) IEECC1: International Economics

Sommersemester 2024

Ende der Anmeldefrist
24.05.2024 23:59

Erster Termin der LV
27.05.2024 15:15 - 17:15 S.1.05 On Campus
Nächster Termin:
29.05.2024 15:15 - 16:45 S.1.05 On Campus

Überblick

Lehrende/r
LV-Titel englisch IEECC1: International Economics
LV-Art Vorlesung
LV-Modell Präsenzlehrveranstaltung
Semesterstunde/n 2.0
ECTS-Anrechnungspunkte 4.0
Anmeldungen 12
Organisationseinheit
Unterrichtssprache Englisch
mögliche Sprache/n der Leistungserbringung Englisch
LV-Beginn 27.05.2024
eLearning zum Moodle-Kurs
Anmerkungen

Although attendance is not mandatory it is highly recommended that you participate in the lectures on a regular basis.

Zeit und Ort

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LV-Beschreibung

Intendierte Lernergebnisse

This course is designed to provide students with a solid knowledge of the fundamental principles of international economics. After the course, the students should be able to understand and apply methods to analyze international economic relationships.

Lehrmethodik

The course consists of lectures held twice a week in the second half of the term with ample room for discussions.

Inhalt/e

Topics related to:

  • Intertemporal Trade and the Current Account Balance
  • Dynamics of Small Open Economies
  • The Life Cycle, Tax Policy, and the Current Account
  • The Real Exchange Rate and the Terms of Trade
  • Uncertainty and International Financial Markets
  • Imperfections in International Capital Markets
  • Global Linkages and Economic Growth
  • Money and Exchange Rates under Flexible Prices
  • Nominal Price Rigidities
  • Sticky-Price Models of Output, the Exchange Rate, and the Current Account

The contents discussed may go beyond the topics listed above, additional material may be provided and may possibly deviate from the book.
 There is, of course, also the possibility that not all topics indicated will be discussed and would, therefore, not be relevant for the exam.

Erwartete Vorkenntnisse

Common Body of Knowledge – CBK 5: Bridging Economics and CBK3: Bridging Computing. 

If you have chosen International Business and Economics as your major, it helps to complete EC2: Macroeconomics prior to this course.

Curriculare Anmeldevoraussetzungen

Common Body of Knowledge – CBK 1: Mathematical Methods and CBK 2: Statistical Methods.

Literatur

Obstfeld, M., and Rogoff, K. (1996): Foundations of International Macroeconomics, MIT Press.

Schmitt-Grohé, S., Uribe, M., and Woodford, M. (2022): International Macroeconomics: A Modern Approach, Princeton University Press.


Prüfungsinformationen

Im Fall von online durchgeführten Prüfungen sind die Standards zu beachten, die die technischen Geräte der Studierenden erfüllen müssen, um an diesen Prüfungen teilnehmen zu können.

Prüfungsmethode/n

There will be a final exam (4 dates) consisting of a combination of multiple-choice and open questions.

Prüfungsinhalt/e

The final exam is based on the actual contents discussed in the lectures.

Beurteilungskriterien/-maßstäbe

In order to successfully complete the course you need to achieve atvleast 50% of the attainable points of the final exam.

Beurteilungsschema

Note Benotungsschema

Position im Curriculum

  • Masterstudium Management, Economics, and Data Science (SKZ: 946, Version: 23W.1)
    • Fach: Minitrack 6: International, Energy, Environmental, and Climate Change Economics (Wahlfach)
      • 12.1 IEECC1: International Economics ( 0.0h VC, VI, VO / 4.0 ECTS)
        • 608.155 IEECC1: International Economics (2.0h VO / 4.0 ECTS)
          Absolvierung im 2-4. Semester empfohlen

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