432071 PS European Policy: International Monetary and Financial Market Policy
summer semester 2022 | Last update: 18.02.2022 | Place course on memo listThis course will enable students to understand the most important economic concepts in European integration.
1) History, Facts and Institutions
2) The Microeconomics of Economic Integration
- Preferential liberalization
- Market size and scale effects
- Growth effects and factor market integration
- Economic integration, labor market and migration
3) The Macroeconomics of Monetary Integration
- Facts of monetary integration
- Optimum Currency Areas
4) EU Monetary and Fiscal Policies
- The European monetary union
- Fiscal policy and the Stability Pact
- The financial markets and the euro
- The Eurozone in crisis
lecture, discussion
discussion, participation, exam
Baldwin, Richard; Wyplosz, Charles: ECONOMICS OF EUROPEAN INTEGRATION, 4th Edition, McGraw-Hill Education 2012.
Various research articles.
Introduction in Macroeconomics: Circular Flow, Business Cycle, and Economic Growth; Public Economics.
In case of (preliminary) organizational questions, do feel free to contact Andreas Exenberger as in-house contact person, either in person (office w3.41) or by e-mail (andreas.exenberger@uibk.ac.at).
- SDG 8 - Decent work and economic growth: Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all.
- SDG 17 - Partnerships for the goals: Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development.