Semester II 2008-2009
Lecturer: Dr. Alan Ahearne
alan.ahearne nuigalway.ie
Introduction
Lectures
Thursday, 12.00-2.00 pm in BS116, Cairnes Graduate School
Course Outline
This focus of this course is on central banks and how their actions affect the global economy and nternational financial markets. The course aims to deepen students understanding of the structure, responsibilities, and operations of the world's major central banks, including the Federal Reserve, ECB, Bank of England, and Bank of Japan.
Assignments and Presentations
Week 1: "Preventing Deflation: Lessons from Japan's Experience in the 1990s" (with Steve Kamin, Joseph Gagnon, and others), International Finance Discussion Papers 729. Washington: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (2002).
Link to paper
Week 2: Revision of IS/LM model, Parts
1,
2 and
3
Week 3:
Assignment 1,
Presentation 1,
Presentation 2
Week 4:
Assignment 2,
Presentation 3,
Presentation 4
Week 6:
Assignment 3,
Presentation 5,
Presentation 6
Week 7:
Assignment 4,
Presentation 7
Week 8:
Assignment 5,
Presentation 8,
Presentation 9
Week 10:
Assignment 7,
Presentation 12,
Presentation 13
Exam
Weekly assignments count for 20 percent of the course grade (guidelines are
here), and presentations are worth 30 percent. There will also be an end-of-semester examination worth 50 percent of course grade.
Office Hours
Wednesdays, 3:00-5:00pm, Room 311, St. Anthony's.
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