Welcome to the class!
You should be reading: Krugman Sum of all Fears, Collier, The Natural Resource Trap.
UK leaves gold http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_ex0sTsb_I
Nixon ends Bretton Woods: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRzr1QU6K1o
UK leaves ERM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHDsO7gvXHQ
The second practice exam is posted below.
Exams and Homeworks
Second Homeworkc.doc Eviews file you will need: mff.wf1
First Practice Exam for International Finance
Material for computer homework:
Finance/Instructions for the computer homework.doc
Second Homework (due April 3rd)
Lecture notes and handouts
Chapter 19 - Balance of Payments and GNP Accounting
Forex Reserves International Transactions
Chapter 20 – The Foreign Exchange Market
Chapter 21 – International Financial Markets and Instruments
Basic Macroeconomics-What causes unemployment
Chastening -Chapter 5- Sleepless in Seoul
A Global Financial History (1896 to 1935)
Global Financial History Part 2 – 1940-1971
Chapter 27 part 1: Aggregate demand
Chapter 27 part 2 Aggregate Supply
Supplemental Readings:
Krugman February 15, 2008 home and stock prices
Randall Dodd: Tentacles of a Crisis
Economic Report of President 2007 Tables from Economic Report of the President
Barro - exchange rates and rare events
Bernanke-creditchannel Bernanke-depression Bernanke-gertler-asset
Bernanke-gertler-asset2 Bernanke-inflation-targeting
Bernanke-lowinterest
Brunnermeier on carry trades Brunnermeier on 2008
eichengreen-current crisis eichengreen-euro eichengreen-decouple
Keynes chapter 12 Keynes chapter 24
krugman-wiley krugman-japanl
krugman-MINICRIS
Vernon Smith on bubbles
Malkiel on hedge funds
Shin.on crisis
Shin-northernrock.pdf
For Fun:
If you do not know what a Wile E Coyote moment is, check out the following
youtube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hz65AOjabtM
Other videos of interest include:
Nixon ends Bretton Woods: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRzr1QU6K1o
UK leaves ERM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHDsO7gvXHQ
Cartoons (click for larger version)
Resources:
Survey of current business-article.pdf
Survey of current business-tables.pdf
Economic Report of the President
The Education of Ben Bernanke - New York Times
Subprime: Tentacles of a Crisis -This is the best explanation I have found for why a sub market of a submarket could have such far-reaching effects.
Overseas Investors Buy Aggressively in U.S. - New York Times
The Education of Ben Bernanke - New York Times
Webs:
Roubini: http://pages.stern.nyu.edu/~nroubini/
Eichengreen: http://www.econ.berkeley.edu/~eichengr/
The Institute for International Economics http://www.iie.com/
Brookings Institution: http://www.brookings.edu/
IMF (Finance and Development) http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fandd/fda.htm