Economics 235 - Open-Econ Macroeconomics
Fall
2014
01
4.00
Beth Yarbrough
MW 12:00PM-01:20PM
Amherst College
ECON-235-01-1415F
CONV 207
bvyarbrough@amherst.edu
This course uses macroeconomic analysis to examine economic relationships among countries. Issues addressed include foreign exchange markets, the balance of payments, and the implications of openness for the efficacy of various macroeconomic policies. Also included are discussions of the special macroeconomic problems of developing countries and of the history of the international monetary system. Not open to students who have taken ECON 435.
Requisite: ECON 111/111E. Limited to 50 students. Fall semester. Professor B. Yarbrough.