Econ 345 - Spring 2022
Syllabus
- Course Description
and Outline
Textbook
Instructions for
accessing the online textbook
Problem Sets
Problem Set 1 - Due February
11 (upload to Crowdmark)
Problem Set 1 (Solutions)
Midterm Exam and Solutions
Problem Set 2 - Due March 25
(upload to Crowdmark)
Problem Set 2 (Solutions)
Final Exam and Solutions
Old 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)