The lecture International Finance takes place this winter semester.

Professor: Prof. Dr. Gunther Schnabl
Tutor: Alexander Herborn
Start: 17.10.2023
Date: Tuesday, 11:15 - 12:45
Room: Seminarraum 5 - I127 I1.004
Language: English
Course: International Economics
Course Number: 07-202-1102
Credits: 10 ECTS, written exam and term paper

Structure and Course Material

 LectureDate
 Presentation and Distribution of Seminar Topics10.10.2023
1.Currency Markets17.10.2023
2.Choice of Exchange Rate Regime24.10.2023
3.Interest Rate Parity and Purchasing Power Parity07.11.2023
4.Other Exchange Rate Models14.11.2023
5.Balassa Samuelson-Effect21.11.2023
6.Monetary and Fiscal Policies in an Open Economy28.11.2023
7.Determinants of the Current Account05.12.2023
8.Capital Flows, Growth and Economic Development12.12.2023
9.Credibility and Currency Crisis19.12.2023
10.Gold Standard and Bretton Woods System09.01.2024
11.

Foreign Exchange Intervention and International Policy Coordination

Time: 10:45 - 12:15

16.01.2024
12.Currency Competition23.01.2024
13.Questions and Answers30.01.2024
 Sample Exam 

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 Literature

  • 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).

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