International Macroeconomics credit: 3 or

4 Hours

International macroeconomics and financial crises. Topics include balance of payments, exchange rates, business cycle risk, currency unions, and safe assets. Emphasis on understanding different types of financial crises from a positive and normative perspective. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite: ECON 202 or introductory statistics equivalent, ECON 303 , MATH 220 / MATH 221 or Calculus I equivalent.