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International Economics

2024/2025
Academic Year
ENG
Instruction in English
3
ECTS credits
Course type:
Compulsory course
When:
1 year, 1 module

Instructor

Course Syllabus

Abstract

The course provides an analysis of the economic relationships between countries, covering both trade and monetary issues. The main theories, in international trade and in open economy macroeconomics, are introduced in an intuitive way to pinpoint discuss the current developments in the field of international economics.
Learning Objectives

Learning Objectives

  • The main factors and drivers of international trade and the impact of international trade on wealth and income distribution
  • International Macroeconomics: balance of payments accounts, exchange rates, macroeconomic equilibrium concept for open economies, currency and financial crises
Expected Learning Outcomes

Expected Learning Outcomes

  • Be able to spell out the consequences of trade policy: tariffs or quotas
  • Understand exchange rates, their definitions, and main determinants.
  • Understand the distributional consequences of international trade in goods.
  • Understand the ingredients of balance of payments crises.
  • Understand the national accounts and balance of payments
  • Understand the patterns of trade and their determinants
Course Contents

Course Contents

  • International Trade
  • International Macroeconomics
Assessment Elements

Assessment Elements

  • blocking Final Exam
  • non-blocking Presentation
  • non-blocking Quiz- Homework
    2-3 pop up quizzes during lectures or short homework tasks
Interim Assessment

Interim Assessment

  • 2024/2025 1st module
    0.4 * Final Exam + 0.3 * Presentation + 0.3 * Quiz- Homework
Bibliography

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

  • International economics : theory and policy, Krugman, P. R., 2015
  • N. Gregory Mankiw. (2020). PDF Macroeconomics 10th Edition by N. Gregory Mankiw Download. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3752461

Recommended Additional Bibliography

  • International economics, Feenstra, R. C., 2012
  • 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

Authors

  • Akoz Kemal -
  • Мальбахова Диса Анзоровна