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[ 572AECOIWFU15 ] IK International Economics, Finance and Macroeconomics
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| Es ist eine neuere Version 2019W dieser LV im Curriculum Bachelor's programme Business and Economics 2021W vorhanden. |
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| (*) Unfortunately this information is not available in english. |
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| Workload |
Education level |
Study areas |
Responsible person |
Hours per week |
Coordinating university |
| 3 ECTS |
B2 - Bachelor's programme 2. year |
Economics |
Michael Landesmann |
2 hpw |
Johannes Kepler University Linz |
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| Detailed information |
| Pre-requisites |
(*)Fach Einführung in die Betriebswirtschaftslehre, Fach Einführung in die Volkswirtschaftslehre und Fach Kernkompetenzen I aus Volkswirtschaftslehre
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| Original study plan |
Bachelor's programme Business and Economics 2015W |
| Objectives |
winter term
Students will engross their knowledge about the macro-aspects in an open, internationally/globally integrated economy and apply it to specific problems. By help of the suggested approaches, they can tackle a variety of questions of macro-economies, particularly the open ones.
summer term
This is an applied class designed to reinforce concepts from open economy macroeconomics. Emphasis is on the application of concepts from international economics and macro-finance.
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| Subject |
winter term
Labour market and employment, pros and cons of globalization; distribution and redistribution, economic and currency systems; growth, modeling; long-term perspectives.
summer term
Topics include interest parity conditions, real exchange rates, links between current and capital accounts, international finance, and the choice between fiscal and monetary policy within the EU. Emphasis is on applied exercises through real data problems and readings.
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| Criteria for evaluation |
winter term
Presentations, discussion statements
summer term
Grading will be based on:
- Mid-term examination (30%)
- Final examination (40%)
- Class participation, solving exercises and attendance (30%)
TOTAL: 100% - minimum grade to pass: 51%.
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| Methods |
winter term
Moderation for stimuli and guidance, elaborations on selected topics; short presentations and discussion
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| Language |
German/English |
| Study material |
winter term
Selected journal articles and (textbook) chapters
summer term
- Barbara Casu, Claudia Girardone, Philip Molyneux: Introduction to Banking, Pearson, 2006.
- Charles Van Marrewijk: International Economics, Oxford University Press (2007).
- Frederic S. Mishkin: Economics of Money, Banking and Financial Markets, Pearson, 8th edition (2010).
- Paul Krugman and Maurice Obstfeld: International Economics: Theory and Policy, Pearson, 8th edition (2008).
(Additional details on course content and readings will be available in the course syllabus)
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| Changing subject? |
No |
| Further information |
winter term
Language: german, presentations in English permitted
Every winter term this course is given by Rainer Bartel in the outlined way and every summer term by another lecturer in a different way.
summer term
Language: english
recommended: course Wachstum, Konjunktur und Wirtschaftspolitik (parallel to this class)
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| Earlier variants |
They also cover the requirements of the curriculum (from - to)
2AECIWFMI: IK International Economics, Finance and Macroeconomics (2009W-2015S)
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| On-site course |
| Maximum number of participants |
40 |
| Assignment procedure |
Assignment according to priority |
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