| Course ID: | ECON 4040. 3 hours. |
| Course Title: | The International Business Environment |
Course
Description: | Trade, macroeconomic policy, and financial-market issues and theories of relevance to multi-national firms, with applications to recent events. |
| Oasis Title: | International Business Environ |
| Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in ECON 4040E |
| Prerequisite: | (ECON 2105 or ECON 2105E or ECON 2105H) and (ECON 2106 or ECON 2106E or ECON 2106H) |
Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. |
| Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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| Course Objectives: | This course examines issues in international trade, open economy macroeconomics,
and global financial markets. Emphasis is placed upon using basic economic theory
to understand the relevance of these issues to firms that trade and/or produce
across national borders. |
| Topical Outline: | Global Trends
Comparative Advantage
Trade Policy
Free Trade
GATT and the World Trade Organization
Anti-Dumping and Countervailing Duty Cases
International Capital Flows
Foreign Direct Investment
External Debt Management
Balance of Payments Policy
New Europe
Japan and Asia
Transition Economies
Global Competition |