Eco 4713: International Macroeconomics

 

Spring 2012

 

 

Professor:             Mihaela Pintea

Classroom:          Ziff Education Bldg 120

Times:                  TuTh 2:00pm - 3:15pm

Office:                  DM 309C

Office Hours:       TuTh 1-2pm

E-mail:                 pinteam@fiu.edu

Class webpage:    http://www.fiu.edu/~pinteam/Eco4713.htm

 

 

*  Syllabus

*  How to Register and Enroll in Your MyEconLab Course

*  National Income Accounting and the Balance of Payments

*  Exchange Rates and the Foreign Exchange Market: An Asset Approach

* Money, Interest Rates, and Exchange Rates

* Price Levels and the Exchange rate in the Long Run

* Practice midterm 1

* Output and the Exchange Rate in the Short Run

*  Fixed Exchange Rate and Foreign Exchange Intervention

!!!!!!!!! Second midterm will be on Thursday, March 8, 2012

Practice midterm 2

·       The International Monetary System

·       Macroeconomic Policy and Coordination

·       Optimum Currency Areas and the European Experience

o   Some articles on Europe:

§  The euro crisis: A three-headed beast

§  Greece’s default

§  The Euro zone’s illness is returning

·       Developing Countries: Growth, Crisis and Reform

·       Practice questions for the final