Topics in International Finance: The Analytics of Macroeconomic Policies

Faculty

KOEDA, Junko

Credit / Semester / Schedule / Language

2 Credits / Summer / Tuesday Period: 4 / English

Objectives/Overview

This course introduces practical economic tools used in central banks and international organizations. This includes econometrics models, such as vector autoregression models, that can be used in analyzing macroeconomic and international finance problems―in particular, the effectiveness of fiscal, monetary and exchange rate policies and macroeconomic diagnosis of developed and developing countries. These models will be solved using existing software (Eviews). The class will be taught in English and take place in a computer lab. It is targeted to masters or upper-undergraduate students. The syllabus is downloadable at http://www.e.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~jkoeda/.

Keywords

monetary-fiscal policy, macroeconomics, international finance, actual proof analysis, simulation, English

Teaching Methods

Lecture

Grading

Final exam or Report, Homework, and participation

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