Dr Isabela Manelici SAL 2.29 and Dr Dmitry Mukhin SAL 1.24

This course is available on the MRes/PhD in Economics and MRes/PhD in Economics and Management. This course is not available as an outside option.

This course is concerned with the latest developments in international economics. The course builds on techniques introduced in MSc International Economics (EC421) to take students to the research frontier.  The course covers themes in international trade, and international macroeconomics.

The course is based around research papers. Topics covered vary from year to year as the research frontier expands. Representative topics in international trade includes: firm heterogeneity and trade, and foreign direct investment. Representative topics in international macroeconomics include: international business cycles, determinants of international capital flows, portfolio choice and risk sharing, monetary and fiscal policy in open economies, theoretical and empirical work on the real exchange rate and international financial crises (e.g., currency attacks and sovereign defaults). 

Additional topics are explored in International Economics for Research Students I in the Autumn Term. The two half unit courses are designed to complement each other.

30 hours of lectures in the WT. 

This course is delivered through lectures totalling a minimum of 30 hours across Winter Term. Attendance is compulsory.

Readings will be from journal articles; a list will be supplied at the start of term.

Coursework (100%) in the WT.

Two take-home assignments.  Each assignment will carry equal weight.  Take-home assignments may require students to analyse data, empirically solve a computational exercise, solve theoretical models, assess recent research, or prepare a research proposal.