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Laurea magistrale in Banca e finanza - Enrollment from 2025/2026Monetary economics (2018/2019)
Teaching code
4S02477
Teacher
Coordinator
Credits
6
Language
Italian
Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)
SECS-P/01 - ECONOMICS
Period
primo semestre lauree magistrali dal Oct 1, 2018 al Dec 21, 2018.
Learning outcomes
The course offers an overview of the main topics in international monetary economics. In particular, we will try to keep a close link between the theories studied in class and the real world (eg. European Monetary Union, The 2008 Financial Crisis,..).
Program
1. An introduction to international macro
2. Nominal and real exchange rate
3. Purchasing power parity
4. Uncovered interest rate parity
5. Monetary economics in open economy
6. Flexible vs fixed exchange rate regimes
7. European Monetary Union
8. The Financial Crisis
9. Market microstructure
10. Monetary regimes in emerging economies
Textbooks:
- Slides from the classes, which will be posted on the e-learning platform of the course and the textbook.
| Author | Title | Publishing house | Year | ISBN | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul R. Krugman, Maurice Obstfeld, Marc Melitz | Economia Internazionale 2: Economia Monetaria Internazionale | Pearson | 2015 |
Examination Methods
The final exam will be a written exam and will last 90 minutes.
