International Macroeconomics

Duration

30h Th, 15h Pr

Number of credits

Lecturer

Lionel Artige

Language(s) of instruction

English language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

The course "International Macroeconomics" studies the interactions of national economies and their implications at the international level: global growth, employment, migration and international financial stability.
The topics covered are:
The balance of payments, exchange rates determination, the foreign exchange market et the other international financial markets, fixed and floating exchange rate regimes, the Euro, financial crises...

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

The objective of this course is to provide the students with the theoretical and statistical elements to analyse descriptive and quantitative international economic information.
At the end of this course, the students should be able to write briefing notes on the main topics covered in this course by using their theoretical and empirical knowledge.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Undergraduate macroeconomics

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Exercises, reading of newspaper articles and academic papers

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)

Lectures, presentation of students' applied works, and writing of briefing notes on headlines topics.

Recommended or required readings

Krugman, Paul and Maurice Obstfeld (2006) International Economics. Theory and Policy, 7th edition, Pearson.

Salvatore, Dominick (2007) International Economics, 9th edition, Wiley.

Assessment methods and criteria

Grading will be based on the final written exam (70%) at the end of the semester and works and exercises realised during the semester (30%).

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

The course in not taught in 2015-2016.

Contacts

Professor : Lionel Artige, Office I.53 Tel. : 04/366 4891 E-Mail : Lionel.Artige@ulg.ac.be
Assistant : Leif Van Neuss, Office I.56 Tel. : 04/366 3103 E-Mail : lvneuss@ulg.ac.be