Trade and Finance in the Global Economy
The course is part of the Minor Economics and Public Policy. In this course, the student will attain knowledge and an understanding on the issues in the field of International Economics. The student will be trained to independently analyse these issues.
- Summary
- Lecturer
- Course outline
- Course material
- Period
- Lectures
- Class schedule
- Enrollment and information
- Exam
- Grading
- Seminar Assignments (subject to change)
Summary
- Course in the Programme Law and Economics
- Course in the Programme Minor Economics and Public Policy
- Course in the LLC-programme
Lecturer
Course outline
Countries are increasingly eliminating their trade barriers and international trade now truly spans the globe. Products and services come from everywhere and go everywhere. This, as well as the liberalisation of large financial flows, makes countries very dependent on what happens in the international economy. In this course, we will discuss both the basic principles of international trade and finance as well as the recent developments in trade and finance. Our topics will include, among other things, regional and global integration, the consequences of international financial crises on the development of economies and the impact of international institutions, such as the WTO and the IMF, on the processes of globalization.
The course is also focussed upon integration with European and International Law courses. These courses focus on the legal aspects of international relations. Developments in the legal field, however, are closely related to the economic developments.
Goal:
The course is part of the Minor Economics and Public Policy. In this course, the student will attain knowledge and an understanding on the issues in the field of International Economics. The student will be trained to independently analyse these issues.
Final Goals:
After successfully completing the course
- The student understands the important, current, issues in the field of International Economics.
- The student has a command of the core elements in this field of expertise.
- The student is able to collect, interpret and process information in the field
of International Economics.
Link(s) to Research Program:
- Making and enforcing International Law and the regulation of International
Economic Interaction in a situation of multilevel jurisdiction
- Social cohesion, multiculturalism and globalisation
Course material
- Textbook: Dominick Salvatore, Introduction to International Economics, 2nd edition, John Wiley, 2010, (available from Jongbloed bookstores, Kloksteeg 4 Leiden, from mid Augustus).
- Reader: Trade & Finance in the Global Economy 2011-2012. The reading material is available from the beginning of August 2011 at KOG room A045. The material has to be collected and paid for, directly from them.
Period
- Lecture: Wednesday 7 September - 5 October 2011
5pm-7pm; Steenschuur 25, KOG, room B031 - Seminars on Friday: 9, 16, 23, 30 September; 7 October 2011
- Seminar A: 11am-1pm; Sterrewacht, room B204
- Seminar B: 1pm-3-pm; Sterrewacht, room B204
Lectures
There will be a lecture on Wednesday and to allow for discussion and more active participation there are two parallel seminars on Friday.
Due to the short time span of the course and the high intensity late entry can not be allowed.
Class schedule
Enrollment and information
Enrollment
Enrolment to the course runs through uSis. Students that find themselves unable to enter the administrative systems of the Faculty of Law should report to the Onderwijs Informatie Centrum, phone ++31(0)71-527 8787.
Information
Contact the secretariat of Department of Economics, phone. ++31(0)71-527 7756.
Exam
Exam: Thursday 13 October 2011, 1pm-4 pm, KOG, room C131
Retake: Tuesday 17 January 2012, 1pm-4 pm, KOG, room B041.
To take part in the exam, students have to subscribe separately uSis prior to 3 October 2011. After that date subscription will be subject to a fine. Students that find themselves unable to enter the administrative systems of the Faculty of Law should report to the Onderwijs Informatie Centrum.
Grading
There will be a written exam. During the course participants have to write additional assignments (300-500 words). All assignments need to be submitted both in paper and electronically (Blackboard) and of serious quality. Deadlines are 11.00am of the dates indicated at the schedule above. These assignments will be awarded sufficient or insufficient. With three or four times sufficient, you are allowed to drop one of the questions on the exam, receiving full credits for that question. Failure to submit all assignments prior to the exam means that no exam grade will be calculated. Non-serious attempts at assignments (such to the judgement of the lecturer) will be understood as failure to submit.
A late submission will automatically receive an insufficient. (Time allowing, feedback will be offered on these submissions.)