SFB13509 Topics in International Economics (Spring 2012)

The course is connected to the following study programs

Compulsory for Bachelor students in International Business. Elective for other Bachelor-programme students.

Prerequisites

Based on foundation courses in economics, international economics or business economics like as:
SFB10804 Microeconomics. SFB10902 Macroeconomics. SFB10306 Introduction to Business Economics.

Lecture Semester

Spring

Content

The content will depend on current economic events and discussions and the guest lecturers research field. It normally covers International economic integration, seen from a european perspective.

Forms of teaching and learning

The content will depend on current economic problems and the guest lecturers research field. It normally covers international economic integration, seen from a European and international perspective.

Coursework requirements - conditions for taking the exam

Group presentation of a selected case has to be approved before signing up for written exam.

Examination

Term-paper (group work) 40% and written 3h exam (individual) 60%.
Aids allowed: Mother tongue - English - mother tongue dictionary. Grades: A - F.

Two partial marks will be given. These will be merged into one final mark. Each part of the portfolio assessment must be passed in order to pass the whole course. Each partial mark can be appealed. At a new exam it is only necessary to retake one of the parts.

Course evaluation

To improve the course, we need the evaluations from the students. The course is evaluated by the students in the middle and in the end of the semester.

The evaluations from the students are treated by the staff and the comitee for programme quality and internationalization.

Literature

?The readinglist was last updated 17 January 2012

Main Textbook: (obligatory reading)
Robert C. Feenstra and Alan M. Taylor, International Economics, International Edition, 2nd edition, April 2011, Worth Publishers/Palgrave McMillan.

Supplementary Reading

Carbaugh, Robert J (2011) Global Economics, 13^th ed, South-Western Cengage Learning

Krugman, Paul R., Maurice Obstfeld, Marc Melitz (2011). International Economics: Theory and Policy, 9th ed., Pearson

Gerber, James (2010) International Economics, 5th ed., Prentice Hall.

Pubel, Thomas A. (2008) International Economics, 14th., Mc Graw-Hill.

Helpman Elhanan (2011). Understanding Global Trade, Belknap Press of Harvard University Press.