Open Economy Macroeconomics

Department of Economics, Business School

College of Social Sciences

Details

Code 03579

Level of study Third/Final year

Credit value 10

Semester 2

Pre-requisite modules None

Other pre-requisites None

Module description

The first section of the course discusses the law of one price, purchasing power parity and covered and uncovered interest parity. The second section considers the Mundell-Fleming model and the Dornbusch overshooting model. The third section is devoted to policy related issues, such as target zones, speculative attacks on fixed exchange rate regimes and the East Asia financial crisis.

Teaching and learning methods

2 x lectures per week