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International Economics
Spring 2022

Assoc. Prof. Chris Ball

Economics Department

Email: christopher.ball@qu.edu

Office phone: +1 203 582 8745

Office Location: 4th Floor Rocky Top Student Center

QU Course Number: EC 350

Days: Tuesdays and Thursdays

Time:  11:00 am - 12:15 pm

Location:  TH 315

Office Hours: TBD and As Needed

Required Online Book and Resources:

Taylor and Feenstra, International Macroeconomics, 5th Edition, MacMillan 

My Notes and Materials (PDF)

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Supply and Demand Analysis of Exchange Rates

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Exchange Rate Regimes

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Analyzing Money Markets and Policy

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National Income Accounting and Balance of Payments

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Syllabus and Other Material

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EC 350 Spring 2022 Syllabus: download

Readings and Other Material

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Access through MacMillan's Achieve (includes our course's code): https://achieve.macmillanlearning.com/courses/mho8js

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Or buy book and ONLINE code at the QU bookstore.

Additional Materials

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P. Montiel on Financial Markets 

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My Review Materials

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First part of the Course (done on-site)

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Open Economy Basics Review

 

OLD on-site Lecture Notes

  1. Open Economy National Income, BoP and Sudden Stops

  2. Open Economy Loanable Funds (Hand written actual lecture notes)

  3. Exchange Rates

  4. The FOREX market

  5. Real Money Markets

  6. Real Money Markets, FOREX and Time Paths: Two Completed Examples

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Money Markets and Forex: For Homework 1 (for online course)

 

The Market for Nominal Money Balances

Videos

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Converting the Real Money Market to the Nominal Money Market 

Note: All changes here are unanticipated and permanent.

Videos

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Lecture Notes: REAL Money Markets​

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The FOREX Market (done in class)

Lecture NotesThe FOREX market

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The FOREX and Money Markets - Flexible Exchange Rate Regimes

Lecture NotesREAL Money Markets, FOREX and Time Paths: Two Completed Examples

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Lecture Notes (new)Assumptions on Timing Announcements and Beliefs

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Unanticipated and Temporary Changes in Levels

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Unanticipated and Permanent Changes in Levels

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Anticipated and Permanent Changes in Levels

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Lecture Notes (new)The Role of Non-Tradables: Exchange Rate Overshooting in Flexible Exchange Rate Regimes

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Homework 1 - due by "midnight" Thursday, April 2

 

Anskwer Key for Homework 1

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