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
Language(s) of instruction
English language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
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