ElaborateCourse:International Finance
精品课程：国际金融
I.CourseIntroduction (including teaching goals and requirements) :
International Finance focus on therelationship between international money and finance, including internationalpayment, reserves, foreign exchange rate, exchange rate system, internationalfinance market, foreign investment flows, international currency system andinternational financial organizations.
After studying this unit, students areexpected to have mastered: (1)basic principles, definition and theory ofInternational Finance and (2) the ability to explain the hot-spot issues aboutinternational finance. Students will also be challenged to think aboutrelevance of the various theories and models of contemporary policy issues inChina and the global economy.
II.TeachingSyllabus (including the content of chapters and sections. A sheet can beattached):
International Finance focus on therelationship between international money and finance, including internationalpayment, reserves, foreign exchange rate, exchange rete system, internationalfinance market, foreign investment flows, international currency system andinternational financial organizations.
There are 48 credit hours and the arrangementis：
1. Introduction Course Motivation（4 credit hours）
2. The characteristics of internationalfinance（2 credit hours）
3. The history of the internationalmonetary system（4 credit hours）
4. The causes of international financialcrisis（2 credit hours）
5. The foreign exchange market（4 credit hours）
6. Types of transactions in foreignexchange market（2 credit hours）
7. Balance of Payments Accounting（4 credit hours）
8. The Capital Account（2 credit hours）
9. The Balance of Payments Identity（4 credit hours）
10. Group Discussion（4 credit hours）
11. The relationship between Purchasingpower parity with exchange rate, monetary system（4 credit hours）
12. Distinction Between Real and NominalInterest Rates（2 credit hours）
13. The arbitrage model（4 credit hours）
14. The IS-LM model（2 credit hours）
15. Effects of Official Changes in theExchange Rate System（4 credit hours）
16. Review（2 credit hours）
III.TeachingSchedule:
Week | Course Contents | Teaching Method |
1 | Introduction and Course motivation | Lecture |
2 | The characteristics of international finance | Lecture/ Discussion |
3 | The history of the international monetary system | Lecture |
4 | The causes of international financial crisis | Lecture |
5 | The foreign exchange market | Lecture/ Discussion |
6 | Types of transactions in foreign exchange market | Lecture |
7 | Balance of payments accounting | Lecture |
8 | The capital account | Lecture |
9 | The balance of payments identity | Lecture |
10 | Group discussion | Discussion |
11 | The relationship between purchasing power parity with exchange rate, monetary system | Lecture/ Discussion |
12 | Distinction between real and nominal interest Rates | Lecture |
13 | The arbitrage model | Lecture |
14 | The IS-LM model | Lecture |
15 | Effects of official changes in exchange rate system | Lecture |
16 | Review | Review |
