Marc-Andreas Muendler Topics in Finance International Macroeconomics JavaScript recommended

spring 2016. Topics in Finance: International Macroeconomics 495

• lecture: Wed 9:30a-12:20p, Rady School Otterson Hall 1E107
  section id: 873633
• policy assignment review sections
  • #1: Tue, April 26, 5:00p-6:00p, 3E111
  • #2: Tue, May 17, 5:00p-6:00p, 3E111
  • #3: Thu, June 2, 5:00p-6:00p, 3E111
• exam review sections
  • midterm review: Tue, May 3, 5:00p-6:00p, 3E111
  • final review: Fri, June 3, 5:00p-6:00p, 3E111
• office hours
  • : Thu 9:30a-10:30a, Economics 312
  • : Wed 2:00p-3:00p, Rady School 3S107
• faculty assistant
• exams (Otterson Hall 1E107)
  • midterm: Wed, May 4, 9:30a - 10:40a (70 minutes)
  • final: Wed, June 9, 9:30a - 11:30a (120 minutes)

• online review (deactivated)

• policy discussion assignments (to be posted)
  • #1, due Wed, April 27, 9:30a [pdf 69k]
  • #2, due Wed, May 18, 9:30a [pdf 132k]
  • #3, due Fri, June 3, 5:00p [pdf 212k]

• lecture notes (removed)
  
• organizational handouts
  • syllabus [pdf 109k]
  • how to open password protected zip files [pdf 20k]
  
  
• exams
  • midterm (16s) [zip 67k]
  • exams (15s) [zip 206k]

• textbook
  • Krugman, Melitz & Obstfeld (2016) [html]
  • Muendler (2014)
    chapter 1: introduction [zip 78k]
    chapter 3: comparative advantage, competitiveness, and the terms of trade [zip 735k]
    chapter 14: capital flows and the current account [zip 342k]
    chapter 20: macroeconomic policy in the global economy [zip 606k]

• readings
  • Ardagna & Caselli (2014), May 18 [pdf]
  • Caballero, Farhi & Gourinchas (2008), June 1 [pdf]
  • Calvo & Reinhart (2002), May 18 [pdf]
  • Diamond & Dybvig (1983), May 25 [pdf]
  • Duffie (2010), May 25 [pdf]
  • Greenspan (2010), May 25 [pdf]
  • O'Rourke & Taylor (2007), May 18 [pdf]
  • Spolaore (2013), May 18 [pdf]
  • Stiglitz (2000), May 25 [zip 1.2M]
  • Zettelmeyer, Trebesch & Gulati (2013), May 18 [1.3M zip]
    (for access options from off-campus see library instructions)

• data sources
  • Global Financial Data
  • International Financial Statistics (IMF)

• histograms [zip 24k]
• rady school of management grade distribution
  • top student: A+
  • top 15 percent: A
  • next 20 percent: A-
  • next 30 percent: B+
  • next 20 percent: B
  • next 15 percent: B- (or below including B-, C+, C, C- or F)

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