Course Outline

List the topics covered within each week.

Week

Topic(s)

1

The Instruments of Trade Policy

2

The Political Economy of Trade Policy

3

Trade Policy in Developing Countries

4

Controversies in Trade Policy

5

Introduction to Open-Economy Macroeconomics

6

National Income Accounting and the Balance of Payments

7

Midterm

8

Exchange Rates and the Foreign Exchange Market: An Asset

9

Price Levels and the Exchange Rate in the Long Run

10

Output and the Exchange Rate in the Short Run

11

Fixed Exchange Rates and Foreign Exchange

12

International Monetary Systems: An Historical Overview

13

Financial Globalization: Opportunity and Crisis

14

Developing Countries: Growth, Crisis, and Reform