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Class Meeting session and Days |
Topics
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Projects
and other Deadlines |
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Session 1
September 12 |
Chapter 1: Multinational Enterprise
and Multinational Financial Management (Slides) |
Read article "Why trade is good for you," from Media
Articles page.
Read article "Trade Theory vs. Used Clothes in Africa,"
from Media Articles page.
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Session 2
September 19 |
Chapter 2: The Determination
of Exchange Rates (Slides)
Determination of Exchange Rates --
Foreign Exchange Market Intervention |
Read article, "Foreign
investment in China's banks" from The Economist of September
1, 2005 (see Media Articles
page)
Read article "Outsourcing 101" from Media
Articles page. |
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Session 3
September 26 |
Chapter 3: The International
Monetary System (Slides)
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Read "Meltzer Report"
and the "Meltzer Rebuttal" from the Media Articles Page
Be ready to discuss Jude Wanniski and the Gold Standard (see links
at http://www.polyconomics.com/
especiallyhttp://www.polyconomics.com/searchbase/gp1.htm)
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| October 3 |
Rosh haShanah
(no classes) |
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Session 4
October 10 |
Chapter
4: Parity Conditions in International Finance and Currency Forecasting
(slides)
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Read "Should we still support
untrammelled Capital Mobility" and write a summary of the article.
You can find this under Documents on the class Blackboard site. |
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Session 5
October 17 |
No
lecture; free time to prepare Assignment 1 and study for Exam 1 |
You
should come in and talk to me during the week about your assignment,
either individually or as a group. |
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Session 6
October 24 |
Exam
1 (based on Chapters 1-4)
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Assignment
1 due; Exam 1 (based on Chapters 1-4) |
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Session 7
October 31 |
Chapter
7: The Foreign Exchange Market (slides) |
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Session 8
November 7 |
Chapter 9: Swaps and Interest Rate Derivatives (Slides)
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Session 9
November 14 |
Chapter
10: Measuring and Managing Translation and Transaction Exposure (Powerpoint
Slides) |
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Session 10
November 21 |
Exam
2 (based on Chapters 7, 9 and 10)
Chapter 11: Measuring and Managing Economic Exposure |
Exam
2 (based on chapters 7, 9 and 10)
The second part of Assignment 3
is due. |
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Session 11
November 28 |
Chapter 11 (contd.)
(Powerpoint slides)
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Session 12
December 5 |
Chapter 12:
International Financing and National Capital Markets
Chapter 13: The Euromarkets |
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Session 13
December 12 |
Chapter 14:
The Cost of Capital for Foreign Investments (Slides) |
Assignment
2 on Management of Foreign Exchange Exposure due
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Session 14
December 19
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Exam 3
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Exam 3 (based on chapters 11, 12, 13 and 14) |
