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UKB 505 - International Finance

Graduate Education Institute · Business Administration · Master

ECTS: 7.5 T+P+L: 3+0+0 Departmental Elective
Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Turan EROL

Course Objective

The course aims at equipping the students with the latest developments of theory and parctices of international finance

Course Content

This course covers a variety of topics in international finance and open-economy macroeconomics, including: the foreign exchange market, exchange rate determination, Purchasing Power Parity, output and exchange rate determination under fixed and flexible exchange rates, speculative attacks and the causes and consequences of international financial crises. The course will also discuss various recent policy debates. We will discuss the role of global imbalances in the recent financial crisis, and several recent proposals to reform the international financial system.

Required Resources

International Economics: Theory and Policy, by Paul Krugman and Maurice Obstfeld 11th Edition, 2018, published by Pearson.

Recommended Resources

Ulusların Çöküşü, Daron Acemoğlu ve James A. Robinson. Çeviri: Faruk Rasim Velioğlu. 28. Baskı. Ocak 2018. Doğan Kitap.

Uluslararası İktisat, Teori Politika ve Uygulama,Prof. Dr. Halil Seyidoğlu, 20. Baskı. 2016, Güzem Can Yayınları.

Economist Magazine, Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, Dünya Gazetesi

Course Learning Outcomes

  1. At the end of this course, the student will,1. Absorb the evolution of international finance.
  2. At the end of this course, the student will,2. Have knowledge about current international finance.
  3. At the end of this course, the student will,3. Be able to compare the theory and practices of internaitonal finance.
  4. To achive the talents to make theoretical and practical assessments in international finance

Core Area Distribution

(34) Business and Administration%100