Undergraduate - International Economics

Appropriate for Which Degrees:

  • Optional Finals Course for PPE, E&M, H&E

Introduction

The objectives of the course are to provide an understanding of:

  1. the determinants of international trade, including the implications of imperfect competition in international markets;
  2. the cases when a protectionist policy towards international trade may be appropriate;
  3. the fundamental determinants of the balance of payments and exchange rates; the theory and evidence relating to exchange rate behaviour and to alternative exchange rate arrangements;
  4. the international context within which domestic macroeconomic policy is designed and conducted; international macroeconomic linkages; and the importance of international macroeconomic policy co-ordination.

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Last edited: 03 05 2012