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Finishing the class students have gained a good overview of the functions, location and history of the major financial centers. They know about the gold standard, Bretton Woods and other exchange rate systems and know how to use derivatives (especially options and SWAPs) in currency markets.

 Students work on and present a topic from international finance. Students from a non-euro-country should present their home country, with a focus on its currency and exchange rate regime as well as the trade balance. Students from a euro-country suggest a topic themselves or choose from the following list:

-          China - Directed currency and stock market

-          Lessons from the Asian financial crisis of 1997/98

-          Optimal currency area

-          Euro & Greece

-          Philipp's curve

-          PPP and Covered Interest Parity Principle

-          Bitcoins - The new international currency?

-          Financial transaction tax

student presentations and discussions

presentation and contribution to discussions

selected papers will be provided on OLAT

Positive grade of the module according to § 7 Abs. 1 Z 2 to 5