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Welcome to the webpage for the elective course on International
Finance for the Masters in Financial Economics at Oxford University.
Details of the course
This elective will run for eight three-hour
sessions (9h-12h) every Monday of term.
Each session comprises two seventy-five minute
lectures, separated by a thirty minute break.
The course lecturers are Rui Esteves and Steven
Fries.
Course materials
Course organisation
(including details of assessment)
Course outline and reading list.
Course Outline
- Week 1 - World
economic growth and imbalances, oil/commodity prices and sustainability
of international financial flows: A survey of current issues Lecture 1A Lecture 1B
- Week 2 - A
primer on open economy macroeconomics and on money, banking, and crises Lecture 2A Lecture 2B
- Week 3 - Exchange
rate management and the Euro area Lecture
3A Lecture3B
- Week 4 - Macroeconomics
in developing countries Lecture4A
Lecture4B
- Week 5 - Currency
and financial crises in developing countries Lecture5A Lecture5B
- Week 6 - Financial
globalisation and growth Lecture6A Lecture6B
- Week 7 - Sovereign
debt and international financial governance Lecture7A Lecture7B
- Week 8 - Presentation
of case studies on practical policymaking
Links
some links to current macroeconomic information and debates:
Brad DeLong's Semi-Daily Journal
The
Economists' Voice
Economist's View blog
BIS Quarterly Review
RGE Monitor (requires
registration, but free)
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