Università Bocconi, Department of Economics
Fabrizio Perri
Program: Master of Science in International management
Class: 20205 International Economics and Business Dynamics - Module 1 (Applied International Economics)
Term: Fall 2012
SYLLABUS
MESSAGE BOARD
-Assignment 1 is due October 2nd in class
-Midterm is Nov. 6 (Election Day) during class time.
-Links to email the Teaching Assistants: Class 6 (Elisa), Class 7 (Ksenia)
INTERESTING PIECES OF NEWS
Week 1:ECB and OMT
Week 4: Check out the September US Employment Situation and the new data on US Income Inequality (links below)
The IMF on the possibility of a Global Recession
Week 9: November OECD Economic Outlook
Wweek 10: Krugman on Italy, Goldman Sachs on Italy
LECTURE NOTES
1.Introduction (Revised Sep. 11, 2012)
2. Macroeconomic measurement 1 (Revised Sep. 25, 2012)
3. Macroeconomic measurement 2 (Revised Sep. 25, 2012)
Below you can find two recent data releases that are releated to what we are discussing in class.
These are not required readings but you might find them useful/interesting
The employment situation, September 2012
Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2011 (released in Sep. 2012)
4. Macroeconomic measurement 3
(Revised Sep. 30, 2012)
5. Economic growth 1
(Revised Oct. 4, 2012)
6. Economic growth 2
(Revised Oct. 4, 2012)
7. Economic growth 3 (Revised Oct. 30, 2012)
-The Myth of Asia's Miracle(required reading)
-The economist special report on growth (Oct. 2010), suggested reading
8. Economic growth 4 (Revised Oct. 23, 2012)
- Goldman Sachs Dreaming with the BRICS (Suggested Reading)
-Practice questions for the midterm -Answers to practice questions
-Midterm exam with answers
9. International Trade (Revised Nov. 8, 2012)
The miracle of trade (required reading)
10. Business Cycles 1: facts (Revised Nov. 19, 2012)
11. Business Cycles 2: theories (Revised Nov. 23, 2012)
12. Money, inflation and interest rates (Revised Nov. 26, 2012)
13. Money and exchange rates (Revised Nov. 29, 2012)
14. Financial Crises (Revised December 8, 2012)
HOMEWORKS
Individual project 1 Due October 2nd in class. Solutions to Q2(in excel)
Individual project 2 Due November 20th in class. Solutions: Text, Excel
Group project 1. Due Friday December 14h in my office. Data for project. Solutions: Text,Excel
SAMPLE EXAM QUESTIONS:
Questions
DATA SOURCES
OECD Library. Time series of many economic, social and demographic indicators for OECD countries
World bank World Development Indicators. Time series of economic and social indicators for every country in the world (annual frequency)
Yahoo Economic Calendar. Main US current economic indicators and their release dates
St Louis FED Fred. US macroeconomic time series
IMF. International Finanical Statistics. Time series of financial and monetary indicators for every country in the world
Penn World Tables. Long run time series of comparable main economic aggregates for many countries in the world.
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