Ateneo - UPO

Globalization, Competitiveness, Exchange Rates, International Business Taxation, Debt crisis, Exchange Rate Crises.

Selected articles (to be identified in class) AND selected chapters Feenstra, Robert and Alan M. Taylor (2017), International Macroeconomics, 4th edition, Macmillan
Slides available at https://upobook.uniupo.it/martin.zagler

Students should obtain an understanding how countries become and remain competitive in a globalized world.

Economic Policy (Macroeconomics), English

Lectures, exercises, discussions, student presentations

none

Final Exam. For students that actively participate 1/3 of the exam can be substituted with a presentation and active participation.

1. Introduction
2. Globalization
3. Competitiveness
4. Exchange Rates
5. International Business Taxation
6. Debt crisis
7.Exchange Rate Crisis

Students should obtain an understanding how the international macroeconomy works, and how countries become competitive