Courses
ECON
102: Principles of Macroeconomics
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This
course follows ECON 101 and analyzes the aggregate dimensions
of a market-based economy. Topics include the measurement of
national income, economic growth, unemployment, inflation, business
cycles, the balance of payments, and exchange rates. The impact
of government monetary and fiscal policies is considered.
Prerequisite:
101. Fulfillment of the basic skills component of the Quantitative
Reasoning requirement.
Semester:
Fall 2007, Spring 2008
ECON
210 Financial Markets
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Overview
of financial markets and institutions, including stock and bond
markets, money markets, derivatives, financial intermediaries,
monetary policy, and international currency markets.
Prerequisite:
101 and 102, and QR 199 or its equivalent.
Semester:
Summer 2007
ECON 312 The Economics of Globalization
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The process of globalization has aroused great controversy. This
course examines the reasons for the integration across borders
of the markets in goods and the factors of production, and the
consequences of these trends. In the first part of the course we
discuss the history of globalization and the emergence of international
public goods. We then analyze the reasons for international trade,
the migration of labor and global financial flows, and their impact
on growth and poverty. We also examine the implications of globalization
for government policies and environmental policies.
Prerequisites: 201
Semester: Fall 2007
ECON
313 Seminar. International Macroeconomics
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Theory
and policy of macroeconomic adjustment in the open economy. Topics
to be covered include models of exchange rate determination,
the choice between fixed and floating exchange rates, monetary
union, policy effectiveness in open economies under different
exchange rate regimes, and adjustment to balance of payments
disequilibria.
Prerequisite:
200 and 202
Semester:
Spring 2008 |
