Graduate in Finances and Accounting |
Subjects |
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMY |
Contents |
IDENTIFYING DATA | 2011_12 |
Subject | INTERNATIONAL ECONOMY | Code | 16204203 | |||||
Study programme |
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Cycle | 1st | |||||
Descriptors | Credits | Type | Year | Period | ||||
6 | Optional | Second |
Competences | Learning outcomes | Contents |
Planning | Methodologies | Personalized attention |
Assessment | Sources of information | Recommendations |
Topic | Sub-topic |
PART I: INTRODUCTION | |
UNIT 1. A panoramic vision of international economics issues. | |
PART II: THE EXCHANGE RATE | |
UNIT 2. The exchange rate and the exchange rate market |
2.1. The exchange rate. 2.2. The euro. 2.3. The foreign exchange market 2.4. Assets’ demand in the foreign exchange market 2.5. Equilibrium in the foreign exchange market 2.6. Covered interest rate parity |
UNIT 3. The exchange rate and the monetary market |
3.1. Money supply 3.2. Aggregate demand for money 3.3. Equilibrium in the money market 3.4. Money supply and the short run exchange rate 3.5. Money, the price level and the long run exchange rate |
PART III: POLICIES, THE EMU AND INTERNATIONAL CRISES. | |
UNIT 4. Macroeconomic policies and the exchange rate |
4.1. Determinants of the aggregate demand 4.2. Aggregate supply in the short run 4.3. Equilibrium in the goods market 4.4. Equilibrium in the assets market 4.5. Short run equilibrium in an open economy 4.6. Monetary and fiscal policies 4.7. The J curve |
UNIT 5. Choice of exchange rate regime |
5.1. Fixed versus flexible exchange rates. 5.2. The European monetary integration process. 5.3. Optimum currency areas and the European Monetary Union (EMU). 5.4. Balance of the first 10 years of the EMU. |
UNIT 6. International crises. |
6.1. Exchange rate crisis 6.2. The EMU deficit crisis. |
UNIT 7. Seminar topic/case study: Trade Relations of the European Union. |