International Economics

2025/2026

Учебный год

ENG

Обучение ведется на английском языке

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Кредиты

Кто читает:

Департамент стратегического и международного менеджмента

Статус:

Курс обязательный

Когда читается:

2-й курс, 1 модуль

Преподаватель

Бирюков Евгений Сергеевич

Course Syllabus

Abstract

The course focuses on the complex as well as individual elements of economic interaction between countries and regions of the world with each other and considers the mechanism of the world economy also. The first part of the course examines world trade, its regulation, and Russia's position in world trade. The second part considers the cross-border movement of certain of factors of production (labor, technology) and regional economic integration. The third part examines aspects of the global financia system and international capital movements. The forth part covers issues of regulation of international economic relations. The fifth part is devoted to consideration of Russia's participation in international economic relations. The course is based on monographs by foreign and Russian authors, leading modern foreign textbooks, and analytical publications in periodicals. Prerequisites: Microeconomics, Macroeconomic Calculus.

Learning Objectives

• To introduce students into the main aspects of international economic relations.
• To understand the causes and essence of the existing system of international trade, capital flows, and labor resources.
• To achieve understanding of the problems, interests and challenges of Russia's participation in international economic relations

Expected Learning Outcomes

• Consider the functioning of the world economy in the interrelation of its main elements
• Be able to understand trade policy of the countries of the world
• Introduction to the examination of Russia`s place in the world economy, benefits and losses from participation in the world economy
• Understanding the features of the cross-border movement of factors of production
• General understanding of the main aspects of the functioning of the global capital market and the global financial system

Course Contents

• Introduction into International Economy; International Trade and International Markets
• Transborder movement of factors of production
• International Finance
• Regulation of International Economic Relations
• Russia in International Economic Relations

Assessment Elements

• Final Exam
• Homework Assignments
  Report / presentation / analysis on the topic " External economic relations of Russia with a foreign country " (one country in the report, each studens (or group of 2 students) choose one differing foreign country. Home work to be reported, controlled (discussed, if necessary) in class.
• Homework Assignments
• Homework Assignments
• Homework assignments
  Analysis of the balance of payments of Russia (at home) + further control and discussion in class during the seminar
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Interim Assessment

• 2025/2026 1st module
  0.4 * Final Exam + 0.1 * Homework Assignments + 0.1 * Homework Assignments + 0.1 * Homework Assignments + 0.1 * Homework Assignments + 0.1 * Homework Assignments + 0.1 * Homework assignments

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

• An introduction to international economics : new perspectives on the world economy, Reinert, K. A., 2012
• International economics, Carbaugh, R. J., 2006
• N. Gregory Mankiw. (2020). PDF Macroeconomics 10th Edition by N. Gregory Mankiw Download. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3752461

Recommended Additional Bibliography

• Contours of the world economy, 1-2030 AD : essays in macro-economic history, Maddison, A., 2007
• International economics : theory and policy, Krugman, P. R., 2018
• International economics, Feenstra, R. C., 2017
• Mankiw, N. G. (DE-588)120973626, (DE-576)164048383. (2000). Macroeconomics / N. Gregory Mankiw. New York, NY: Worth. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edswao&AN=edswao.07890529X
• The modern world-system IY. Centrist liberalism triumphant, 1789-1914, Wallerstein, I. M., 2011
• The modern world-system. Vol.1: Capitalist agriculture and the origins of the European world-economy in the sixteenth century, Wallerstein, I., 1974
• The modern world-system. Vol.2: Mercantilism and the consolidation of the European world-economy, 1600-1750, Wallerstein, I., 1980
• The modern world-system. Vol.3: The second era of great expansion of the capitalist world-economy, 1730-1840s, Wallerstein, I., 1989

Authors

• Бирюков Евгений Сергеевич
• Gabrielov Aleksandr Olegovich
• Tsarkov Igor Nikolaevich