International Macroeconomics (Übung)

Dozent:innen: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Philipp Harms; Albi Lika
Kurzname: Ü: Int Macroecon
Kurs-Nr.: 03.897.1115
Kurstyp: Übung

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches

Audience:

- Masterstudiengang „International Economics and Public Policy“ (MIEPP)
- Masterstudiengänge "Accounting and Finance", "Management"
- Erasmus-Studenten (B.Sc. (Advanced), M.Sc)

Prerequisites:

Lectures and tutorials will be given in English. A good command of the English language is therefore required for attending this course.

Note that some of the tutorial slots in the first weeks of the semester will be used for lectures. A detailed schedule will be available at the start of the semester.
 

Digitale Lehre

We will make lecture and tutorial videos from the summer semester 2020 available to all participants. Note, however, that the contents of the summer semester 2026 will be relevant for the final exam.

Empfohlene Literatur

Literature:

Harms, Philipp (2016): International Macroeconomics, 2nd edition, Mohr Siebeck.

Copeland, Laurence (2014): Exchange Rates and International Finance, 6th edition, Prentice Hall.

Krugman, Paul R., Maurice Obstfeld, and Marc J. Melitz (2014): International Economics – Theory and Policy, 10th edition, Pearson.
(Previous editions are also fine for our purposes.)

Obstfeld, Maurice and Kenneth Rogoff (1996): Foundations of International  Macroeconomics, MIT Press.

Schmidt-Grohe, Stephanie, Michael Woodford, and Martin Uribe (2016): International Macroeconomics

Van Marrewijk, Charles (2012): International Economics – Theory, Application and Policy, 2nd edition Oxford University Press.

A detailed list of references will be distributed at the start of the course.

Inhalt

Course description

In this course, students learn to competently read and interpret countries’ balance of payments and international investment positions, to use dynamic models of open economies in order to understand the direction and volume of international capital flows, and to interpret fluctuations of the real exchange rate. Moreover, they learn to confront theoretical hypotheses with the data and to apply their insights and findings in discussions about economic policy issues. The course starts with a detailed (and facts-oriented) introduction to balance-of-payments accounting, then turns to an in-depth analysis of the current account and international capital flows, and eventually explains movements of the real exchange rate.

The lecture will cover the following topics:

- The Balance of Payments: A Review

- Intertemporal Trade: The Basic Representative-Consumer Model

- Demographic Structure and the Current Account

- The Real Exchange Rate: Definitions, Determinants, Effects

Zusätzliche Informationen

All teaching materials will be available on the JGU-LMS platform (https://lms.uni-mainz.de). Students registered for the course in JoGuStINe will automatically have access to the relevant directory in the LMS.

Termine

Datum (Wochentag) Zeit Ort
05.05.2026 (Dienstag) 10:15 - 11:45 00 231 HS III
1121 - Haus Recht und Wirtschaft II
12.05.2026 (Dienstag) 10:15 - 11:45 00 231 HS III
1121 - Haus Recht und Wirtschaft II
19.05.2026 (Dienstag) 10:15 - 11:45 00 231 HS III
1121 - Haus Recht und Wirtschaft II
26.05.2026 (Dienstag) 10:15 - 11:45 00 231 HS III
1121 - Haus Recht und Wirtschaft II
02.06.2026 (Dienstag) 10:15 - 11:45 00 231 HS III
1121 - Haus Recht und Wirtschaft II
09.06.2026 (Dienstag) 10:15 - 11:45 00 231 HS III
1121 - Haus Recht und Wirtschaft II
16.06.2026 (Dienstag) 10:15 - 11:45 00 231 HS III
1121 - Haus Recht und Wirtschaft II
22.06.2026 (Montag) 10:15 - 11:45 00 221 HS II
1121 - Haus Recht und Wirtschaft II
30.06.2026 (Dienstag) 10:15 - 11:45 00 231 HS III
1121 - Haus Recht und Wirtschaft II
07.07.2026 (Dienstag) 10:15 - 11:45 00 231 HS III
1121 - Haus Recht und Wirtschaft II