ECO 612 - International Financial Economics |
| Course Detail: |
This course offers an advanced treatment of the financial and macro aspects of Inter-national Economics. Topics include : various concepts and measurement of exchange rates, traditional and modern theories of exchange rate determination, expectations and exchange rate dynamics, effectiveness of devaluation, monetary approach to bal-ance of payments, Krugman’s model of balance of payments crisis, hedging exchange rate risk - futures, options and currency swaps, multinational corporations and foreign direct investment, international financial markets, role of international financial institu-tions, financial crisis, objective analysis of recent issues in international financial sys-tem - common currency etc.
[Pre-requisite: ECO 204 ECO 328 or equivalents ]
[Credit Hours: 3] |
