International Economics

Description

Practical information Course ID: FEB12004X Credits: 8 EC Instruction language: English Registration procedure: Via OSIRIS Secretariat: Support Office Economics, E1-28, 010-4081441, office.ec@ese.eur.nl Course description Content: The course international economics focuses primarily on the world economy as such and the relationships between countries and trading blocks regarding international trade, capital flows, economic growth, exchange rates and financial crises. Although macroeconomic quantities are at the core of the analysis, these will usually be built up from a microeconomics perspective. The nature of the analysis implies that international economists frequently find inspiration elsewhere for their applications, for example from economic geography, monetary economics, econometrics, development economics or industrial organization. This approach results in a rich diversity of insights, nonetheless characterized by a remarkable coherence. Learning goals: - To understand the basic theories and concepts in the theory of international trade, as well as of international finance. - To gain knowledge about the world economy as such and the relationships between countries and trading blocks regarding international trade, capital flows, economic growth, exchange rates and financial crises. - To gain understanding of the macroeconomic relations at the core of the analysis of the world economy, and to understand that these relations are usually built up from a microeconomics perspective. - To gain knowledge about how international economics frequently is inspired by topics from, for example, geography, monetary economics, econometrics, development or industrial organization. Extra: None Study materials Krugman, P., Obstfeld, M., Melitz, M.: International Economics: Theory and Policy. Boston et al.: Pearson, Addison Wesley, most current edition. Entrance requirements Entrance requirements course enrolment: You must meet the following requirements Enrolled for one of the following degree programmes BSc2 Econometrics BSc2 Economics ECON-DIV International Bachelor Econometrics and Operations Research International Bachelor Economics and Business Economics Premaster Economics and Business Period Enrolment periods: Enrolment period: 29 September 2025 until 24 October 2025 23:59 Unenrolment: until 7 November 2025 23:59 Period of education: 27 oktober 2025 until 19 december 2025 Assessment Assessment materials: The contents of the lectures and the exercise classes. Assessments (result in OSIRIS): Test weight: 100 Assessment: Resit opportunity