ECON 3730 - International Trade and Finance

Goals: To acquaint students with the evolving patterns of trade and investments in the global economic environment and with the major issues confronting national and international institutions of trade and finance.

Content: Topics covered include theories of foreign trade with perfect and imperfect competition. Trade policy issues, protectionism, and U.S. trade policies and its institutional settings. The effects of growth and factor mobility on trade, balance of payments, foreign exchange markets, foreign exchange regimes, foreign exchange determination, and economic policy in open economy.

Prerequisites: ECON 1310, ECON 1320, and QMBE 1310 (or equivalent statistics course), with grades of C- or better, or consent of the instructor.

Credits: 4