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22nd March 2016, 12:00 PM
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Re: International Finance Course

As you have asked about the International Finance course outlines of Sloan School of Management, check below for the information
Course Outline
I.
(4 classes) Introduction to global capital markets; what drives globalization? globalization in
historical perspective

Multinational corporations, global market participants, international goods markets, international financial markets, globalization as a risk factor, benefits of international trade, comparative advantage, balance of payments accounting, international capital flows, the determination of global
rates of return

Required readings:
BH: Chapters 1 and 4
Teaching note on national saving and investment
Bernanke, Ben “The Global Saving Glut and the U.S. Current Account Deficit,”
Sandridge Lecture, Virginia Association of Economics, Richmond, Virginia, 2005;
“Bond Bubble Breakdown” Goldman Sachs Top of Mind, Issue 11, April 22, 2013.
In class debates: The global savings glut. Are we in a global bond bubble.

II.
(2 classes) Currencies and exchange rates
Bid-ask spreads, market structure, triangular arbitrage, real exchange rates, exchange rate systems, what is a currency, the role of central banks
Required readings:
BH Chapters 2, 5
Dagfinn Rime and Andreas Schrimpf, “The anatomy of the global FX market through the lens of the 2013 Triennial Survey” BIS Quarterly Review, Dec 2013
Chapter 5, “Money and Inflation” in Mishkin, Frederic, Macroeconomics: Policy and Practice, Addison Wesley, 2012
Velde, François R. “Bitcoin: A primer” Chicago Fed Letter, December 2013
In class debate: is Bitcoin a currency?
III.
(4 classes) Measuring and managing exchange rate risk

Hedging with exchange forwards, exchange rate swaps, and exchange rate futures
Required readings:
BH Chapters 3, 9, 17, and 20
Case: Hedging at AIFS
IV.
(1 class) The economics of financial instruments risk

What assets and why? Financial contracts and information frictions
Required readings:
Chapter 8, “An Economic Analysis of Financial Structure” in Mishkin, Frederick,
Economics of Money, Banking and Financial Markets, 3rd edition, 2


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