Econ 345 - Spring 2013

Syllabus

-  Course Description and Outline
 

Problem Sets

Problem Set 1  (Due February 8)
Problem Set 2  (Due March 22)
Problem Set 2  (Solutions)
Problem Set 3  (Due April 12)
Problem Set 3  (Solutions)

Lecture Slides

Lecture 1 (Part A)    Lecture 1 (Part B)
Lecture 1 (Update)   Data Plots
Lecture 2 (Part A)    Lecture 2 (Part B)   Lecture 2 (extras)
Lecture 3 (Part A)    Lecture 3 (Part B)
Lecture 3 extra
Lecture 4 (Part A)    Lecture 4 (Part B)
Lecture 5 (Part A)    Lecture 5 (Part B)
Lecture 6 (Part A)    Lecture 6 (Part B)   Lecture 6 (extras)
Lecture 7 (Part A)    Lecture 7 (Part B)
Lecture 8 (Part A)    Lecture 8 (Part B)   Lecture 8A (extras)
Lecture 9 (Part A)    Lecture 9 (Part B)
Lecture 10 (Part A)  Lecture 10 (Part B)
Mundell Notes
Lecture 11 (Part A)   Lecture 11 (Part B)
Bernanke & Obstfeld-Rogoff Notes
Main Topics for Final

Old Exams

Midterm  (Fall 2004)
Final  (Fall 2004)
Midterm  (Fall 2006)
Final  (Fall 2006)
Midterm  (Fall 2008)
Midterm Solutions  (Fall 2008)
Final Exam and Solutions  (Fall 2008)
Midterm Solutions  (Spring 2010)
Final Exam and Solutions  (Spring 2010)
Midterm Exam and Solutions  (Fall 2010)
Midterm Exam and Solutions  (Fall 2012)
Final Exam and Solutions  (Fall 2012)
Midterm Exam and Solutions  (Spring 2013)

Readings

The Economist  (5-14-09)  --  ``Birth Pains"

Web Post by Brad Setser  (8-03-09)  -- ``China, New Financial Superpower"

Mankiw (2010) -- "The Trilemma of International Finance"

Krugman (2012) --  "Fear-of-China Syndrome"

Krugman (2010) --  "China, Japan, America"

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-09-15/japan-intervenes-for-first-time-since-2004-as-yen-surge-threatens-recovery.html

The Economist  (9-25-10) --  "A Mao in Every Pocket/Speak Less Softly, Carry a Stick"

The Economist  (2-07-09)  --  ``Burger-Thy-Neighbour Policies"

Kasa (1995) --  "Understanding Trends in Foreign Exchange Rates"

The Economist  (1-21-10)  --  "Invested Interests"

Mundell (2000) -- "A Reconsideration of the Twentieth Century"

DeLong (2004) --  "Should We Still Support Untrammelled International Capital Mobility?"

Kasa (2004) --  "A Glossary of Terms and Concepts in International Finance"

Krugman (2011)  --  "Can Europe Be Saved?"

Krugman (2012)  --  "Crash of the Bumblebee"

Rogoff (2011)  --  "The Global Fallout of a Eurozone Collapse"

The Economist  (8-21-10)  --  "Paper Chains"

The Economist  (11-6-10)  --  "Beyond Bretton Woods 2"

Bernanke (2009)  --  ``Asia and the Global Financial Crisis"

http://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/speech/bernanke20091019a.htm

Obstfeld & Rogoff  (2009)  --  ``Global Imbalances and the Financial Crisis: Products of Common Causes"

 Obstfeld (2012)  --  "Does the Current Account Still Matter?"

Krugman (2010) --  "Taking on China"  (from his New York Times column)

Mundell  (1961) --  "A Theory of Optimum Currency Areas"  (from the American Economic Review)

Tutorial Discussion Questions

Weeks 2 and 3:  Chapt. 13 (Problems 3 and 10),  Chapt. 14 (Problems 3,6,9 and 16)
Week 4:  Chapt. 15  (Problems 4,10 and 13)
Week 5: Chapt.  16  (Problems 1,2,3, and 4)
Week 6: Chapt.  17  (Problems 3,5,6,7, and 13)
Week 7: Chapt.  18  (Problems 1,7,15, and 18)
Week 8: Chapt.  19  (Problems 2,7,9, and 10)
Final Week: Chapt 20  (Problems 8 and 11)