ECON 356 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Exchange Rate, Devaluation, Trilemma
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Content: this course provides an introduction to the theory of international finance, including the topic of international financial crisis. " it serves as a basic foundation for the more advanced course, econ 456. While technically simpler, it probably has a greater focus on current global business and market events. Teaching method: since textbooks are seldom up-to-date and are unnecessarily expensive, we do not have a required text. For contemporary happenings and for the articulation of basic concepts, it makes more sense to rely on the vast quantity of business postings on the web, and other bits and pieces. Many basic concepts are articulated on sites such as www. investopedia. com. At the same time, most of the models taught have my own" input and go beyond the treatments in texts. There will be some informal notes on connect but sufficiently informal" that you will always want to come to class. This is not a memorization-based course: it is about logic and analysis.
