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The optional readings focus on the analytical material and often go beyond what we will cover in class. These are based on Dornbusch, Fisher and Startz, 1998, Macroeconomics, 7th Edition, [DFS] Paul Krugman and Maurice Obstfeld's International Economics, Theory and Policy, Addison-Wesley, 5th Edition, 2000 [KO] or Gregory Mankiw, Macroeconomics, Worth Publishers, Fourth Edition, ISBN: 1-57259-644-9 [M].





LEC #TOPICSOPTIONAL READINGS
1Basic Tools of Economic Management

Compilation: The German Hyperinflation.

HBS. Note on Money and Monetary Policy.

2Basic Tools of Economic Management

HBS. The Great Depression: Causes and Impact.

HBS. A Keynesian Cure for the Depression.

3Basic Tools of Economic ManagementHBS. The Reagan Plan.
4Development Strategies

HBS. Singapore.

HBS. Accounting for Productivity Growth.

5Development Strategies

HBS. Chile: The Latin American Tiger?

HBS. Note on Exchange Rate Determination.

6Emerging Market CrisesHBS. The 1994-95 Mexican Peso Crisis.
7Emerging Market Crises

Eichengreen, B. Understanding Asia's Crisis.

Eichengreen, B. How Economists Understand Crisis?

8Emerging Market CrisesHBS. Menem and the Populist Tradition in Argentina.
9Transition Economies and Africa

HBS. Russia - 1994.

HBS. Bribery and Corruption.

10Transition Economies and Africa

HBS. China: Facing the 21st Century.

HBS. Transition to a Market Economy.

11Transition Economies and AfricaHBS. Uganda and the Washington Consensus.
12Challenges of the Developed EconomiesHBS. European Monetary Union.
13Challenges of the Developed EconomiesHBS. Unemployment in France: Priority Number One.
14Challenges of the Developed EconomiesHBS. Japan: Free, Fair and Global?
15Challenges of the Developed Economies

New Trade Issues and the Genetically Modified Foods:

Ferrantino, M. "International Trade, Environment Quality and Public Policy."

The Economist. "Getting Better all the Time."

16Challenges of the Developed Economies

The debate on Globalization:

Golub, S. "Does trade with low wage countries hurt american workers?"

Feenstra, R. "Integration of Trade and Disintegration of Production in the Global Economy."

Final Exam in Class - open book
 


 



 








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