Economics 321 - International Monetary Theory

Fall
2020
01
3.00
Arslan Razmi
TU TH 11:30AM 12:45PM
UMass Amherst
58864
Fully Remote Class
arazmi@econs.umass.edu
The history of the international monetary and commercial system from the gold exchange standard in the 1920's to the present period of floating exchange rates. Systems of fixed and floating exchange rates from theoretical and applied points of view. The roles of international credits, Euro-currency, central bank policies. Prerequisite: ECON 204. (ECON 311 recommended.)
Pre Req: ECON 204 Open only to Econ/STPEC/ResEc/MGRECON primary majors until after juniors enroll, then open to all on April 22.
Permission is required for interchange registration during the add/drop period only.