2020-2021 / ECON0307-1

International Macroeconomics

Duration

30h Th, 15h Pr

Number of credits

 Master in economics : general (120 ECTS)4 crédits 
 Master in economics : general (60 ECTS)5 crédits 
 Extra courses intended for exchange students (Erasmus, ...)5 crédits 

Lecturer

Pierrick Clerc

Language(s) of instruction

English language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Schedule

Schedule online

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, hybrid learning)

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

Organisational adjustments related to the current health context

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

Below you will find information on the evaluation methods planned for in-person and remote exams as well as those planned for hybrid sessions. Depending on how the health crisis evolves, the chosen method will be communicated to you no later than one month before the start of the exam session.

Any session :

- In-person

oral exam

- Remote

written work

- If evaluation in "hybrid"

preferred remote


Additional information:

The final grade will be exclusively based on a group work, consisting in a discussion of a standard article in the literature on international macroeconomics. 

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@uliege.be
Assistant : Michel Coppée, Office 1.57 (Sart Tilman) Tél. : 04/366 3108 E-Mail : michel.coppee@uliege.be