Master’s degree in Banking and Finance

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Monetary economics

Course code
4S02477
Name of lecturer
Emanuele Bracco
Coordinator
Emanuele Bracco
Number of ECTS credits allocated
6
Academic sector
SECS-P/01 - ECONOMICS
Language of instruction
Italian
Site
VERONA
Period
primo semestre magistrali dal Sep 30, 2019 al Dec 20, 2019.

Lesson timetable

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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,..).

Syllabus

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.

Reference books
Author Title Publisher Year ISBN Note
Paul R. Krugman, Maurice Obstfeld, Marc Melitz Economia Internazionale 2: Economia Monetaria Internazionale Pearson 2015

Assessment methods and criteria

The final exam will be a written exam and will last 90 minutes.

Because of the health emergency, the final exam will be oral and via videoconference.


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