General information |
Course unit name: Topics in International Economics
Course unit code: 570425
Academic year: 2019-2020
Coordinator: Juan Tugores Ques
Department: Department of Economics
Credits: 5
Single program: S
Prior considerations |
Teaching in Spanish/English. |
Estimated learning time |
Total number of hours 125 |
Face-to-face and/or online activities |
45 |
- Lecture with practical component |
Face-to-face |
45 |
Supervised project |
40 |
Independent learning |
40 |
Recommendations |
Students are recommended to have passed an intermediate-level subject in international economics and to have passed the compulsory subject International Economics in the master’s degree. |
Competences to be gained during study |
— Capacity to understand the profound changes entailed by globalization and the new realities and rules it generates.
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Learning objectives |
Referring to knowledge — To analyse the causes, mechanisms and consequences of the internationalization of economic relations and its sociopolitical implications.
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Teaching blocks |
1. New realities and new rules: Internationalization and globalization
2. International trade: Traditional analysis and new reality; Heterogeneity-based approaches; International trade in services
3. Multinationalization of production; Trade, investment and multinational organization of production; Trade in tasks and global value chains
4. Debates on competitiveness
5. Distributive consequences of globalization
6. World trade system; Protectionism and regionalism in world economy
7. Macroeconomics and international finances; Transmission mechanisms; Role of exchange rates
8. International financial system; Proposals to reform the international monetary and financial system
9. External instability in global economy; Explications and implications
10. International financial crisis; Causes, mechanisms and post-crisis scenarios
11. Monetary integration; The euro experience: Lessons and implications
12. Globalization, growth and development; New approaches; Diagnosis and growth strategies
Teaching methods and general organization |
In each sessions, the lecturer presents the basic elements of each topic, the most relevant analytical and empirical contributions and ongoing controversies. For each of the blocks and topics, announced in advance at the Virtual Campus together with the corresponding references, students are expected to participate actively. |
Official assessment of learning outcomes |
— Essay on one of the topics on trade, previously suggested by the student and approved by the lecturer (40% of the final grade).
Examination-based assessment Single assessment consists of two essays, one on the trade section and another on financial topics. Students must submit their topics of interest to the lecturer for approval. |
Reading and study resources |
Consulteu la disponibilitat a CERCABIB
Electronic text
Se trabajará sobre artículos académicos y estudios e informes de referencia, que se podrán encontrar especificados y actualizados en unas guías de cada sesión que se publicarán en el Campus Virtual.
Students work with academic articles and studies and reference reports, which be found in the specific updated guidelines for each session, as published in the Virtual Campus. |