Economic Policy

Lecturer: Dr. Philipp Mundt
Start: 10.04.2025
Date: Thursday, 11:15 - 12:45
Room: Seminarraum 8 (I132)
Language: English
Assessment: Written exam, term paper and presentation
Module number: 07-202-2203

Aims of the lecture

This course aims to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of how governments design and implement policies to influence economic activity. Students will examine key policy areas, including fiscal and monetary policy, exchange rate policy, international trade and environmental policy. Emphasis will be placed on the interplay between economic theory and real-world decision-making, considering constraints such as political feasibility, institutional frameworks, and global economic interdependencies.

Literature

• Bénassy-Quéré, A., Qœuré, B., Jacquet, P., & Pisani-Ferry, J. (2010). Economic Policy: Theory and Practice. Oxford University Press.

Requirements

This course is part of the module International Economic Policy, which also comprises a course in European Integration as well as a seminar. Students can chose between participation in the seminar "Recent Developments in International Economic Policy" or "Geopolitical Fragmentation and Monetary Policy". Two-thirds of the module grade will be based on a written exam covering the two courses. For the seminar you will write a short term paper accounting for the remaining one-third of your module grade.

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