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| For the last section of the course, we consider some open economy issues. The first section looks at how exchange rates are determined, and the consequences for exchange rate volatility. The second section incorporates international trade and exchange rate behavior into a version of the IS-LM model that facilitates thinking about policy coordination between countries. The final setion dissects some currency crises. |
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| Review questions for this section can be found here. |
| Topic |
Required
Reading |
| The
determination of
exchange rates |
The Economist: The
Big Mac Index |
| Why are exchange
rates so volatile? |
The Economist: Why
Currencies Overshoot Rogoff, Kenneth (2002): Why are G3 exchange rates so fickle? Fairlamb, David (2000): Tame the Currency Markets? |
| The open-economy
IS-LM model |
Krugman, Paul (1994): The Twin Deficits |
| Currency Crises |