Econ 345 - Spring 2020
Syllabus
- Course Description and
Outline
Problem Sets
Problem Set 1 - Due February 5
Problem Set 1 (Solutions)
Midterm Exam and Solutions
Problem Set 2 - Due March
18
Problem Set 2 (Solutions)
Problem Set 3 - Due April 8
Problem Set 3 (Solutions)
Final Exam and Solutions
Online Lectures
Lecture 9A
Lecture 10A
Lecture 10B
Lecture 11A
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)
Midterm Exam and Solutions
(Spring 2014)
Midterm Exam and
Solutions (Spring 2016)
Midterm Exam and
Solutions (Spring 2017)
Final Exam and Solutions
(Spring 2013)
Final Exam and Solutions
(Spring 2014)
Final Exam and Solutions
(Spring 2016)
Final Exam and Solutions
(Fall 2016)
Final Exam and Solutions
(Spring 2017)
Readings
Chapter 18 from Krugman-Obstfeld-Melitz
text
Chapter 19 from Krugman-Obstfeld-Melitz
text
The Economist (5-14-09)
-- ``Birth Pains"
The Economist (2-11-17)
-- ``It's Been a Privilege"
Web Post by Brad Setser
(8-03-09) -- ``China, New Financial
Superpower"
Web Post by Brad Setser (11-15-16) -- ``China,
Manipulation, Day One, the 19988 Trade Act, and the Bennet Amendment"
The Economist (August, 2016)
-- ``Two Out of Three Ain't Bad"
The Economist (1-16-16)
-- "Fight or Flight"
Mankiw (2010)
-- "The Trilemma of International Finance"
Krugman (2011) -- "Golden
Cyberfetters"
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
4,7,10 and 17)
Week 4: Chapt. 15 (Problems 4,9 and 12)
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 1,6,14, and 17)
Week 8: Chapt. 19 (Problems 2,7,9, and 10)
Final Week: Chapt 20 (Problems 8 and 11)