Old Exams
Midterm (Fall 2004)
Final (Fall 2004)
Midterm (Fall 2006)
Final (Fall 2006)
Midterm (Fall 2008)
Midterm Solutions (Fall 2008)
Readings
Kasa (1995) -- "Understanding Trends in Foreign Exchange Rates"
Krugman (2007) -- "Will There Be a Dollar Crisis?"
Mundell (2000) -- "A Reconsideration of the Twentieth Century"
Kasa (1999) -- "Why Attack a Currency Board?"
Obstfeld (1998) -- "The Global Capital Market: Benefactor or Menace?"
Kasa (1999) -- "Time for a Tobin Tax?"
DeLong (2004) -- "Should We Still Support Untrammelled International Capital Mobility?"
Kasa (2004) -- "A Glossary of Terms and Concepts in International Finance"
Financial Times (9/4/08) -- "Growth of Global FX Reserves Begins to Show Signs of Wilting" (courtesy of Emanuel Krebs)
Summers (2000) -- "International Financial Crises: Causes, Prevention, and Cures"
Rogoff (1999) -- "International Institutions for Reducing Global Financial Instability"
Tutorial Discussion Questions
Weeks 2 and 3: Chapt. 12 (Problems 3 and 10), Chapt. 13 (Problems 3,6,9 and 16)
Week 4: Chapt. 14 (Problems 4,10 and 13)
Week 5: Chapt. 15 (Problems 1,2,3, and 4)
Week 6: Chapt. 16 (Problems 3,5,6,7, and 13)
Week 7: Chapt. 17 (Problems 1,7,15, and 18)
Week 8: Chapt. 18 (Problems 2,7,9, and 10)
Final Week: Chapt 19 (Problems 2,3,8, and 10)