Hauptspalte
Master VWL WS 2011/12
International Finance
Dozent: Prof. Dr. Gunther Schnabl
Tutor: Björn Urbansky
Termin: Dienstag, 09.15 - 10.45 Uhr
Beginn: 11.10.2011
Unterrichtssprache: Englisch
Ort: Seminarraum 1, Institutsgebäude (I119)
Leistungsnachweise: Klausur
Erasmus Students: Rules
Contents and Slides
1. | 11.10.2011 | |
2. | Choice of Exchange Rate Regime (11:15 - 12:45, SR 4) | 14.10.2011 |
3. | 25.10.2011 | |
4. | 01.11.2011 | |
5. | 08.11.2011 | |
6. | 15.11.2011 | |
7. | Determinants of the Current Account and the Balance of Payments (11:15 - 12:45, S 202) | 23.11.2011 |
8. | 29.11.2011 | |
9. | Guest Speaker: Thomas Mayer (Chefvolkswirt; Deutsche Bank), "Von der Kreditblase zur Staatsschuldenkrise" (Seminarraum 2/13:15 - 14:45 Uhr) | 02.12.2011 |
10. | 13.12.2011 | |
11. | 20.12.2011 | |
12. | Foreign Exchange Intervention and International Policy Coordination | 10.01.2012 |
13. | 17.01.2012 | |
14. | Questions and Answers | 24.01.2012 |
Written Examination | 08.02.2012 |
References
The readings are provided on the lecture slides. Students are encouraged to follow the ongoing debate on international finance and exchange rate policies as reported in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Financial Times (German or English edition), the Economist (for weekly updates) or Auszüge aus Presseartikeln of Deutsche Bundesbank (free subscription available at the Pressezentrum of Deutsche Bundesbank).
Basic Readings
Copeland, Laurence (2008): Exchange Rates and International Finance, Harlow.
De Grauwe, Paul (1996): International Money, Oxford.
Eichengreen, Barry (1996): Globalizing Capital: A History of the International Monetary System, Princeton.
Kindleberger, Charles (2000): Manias, Panics and Crashes, New York.
McKinnon, Ronald (1997): The Rules of the Game: International Money and Exchange Rates, Cambridge (Massachusetts).