2025-2026 - International Economics (16762) - Topics and subtopics

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International trade [↑] [↓] [top]

• Introduction to international trade [↑] [↓] [top]
• Introduction to international trade [↓] [top]

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• Labour productivity and comparative advantage: the Ricardian model [↑] [↓] [top]
• Labour productivity and comparative advantage: the Ricardian model [↓] [top]

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• Resources, comparative advantage and income distribution [↑] [↓] [top]
• Resources, comparative advantage and income distribution [↓] [top]

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• Trade, growth and international transfers [↑] [↓] [top]
• Trade, growth and international transfers [↓] [top]

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• Economies of scale, imperfect competition and international trade [↑] [↓] [top]
• Economies of scale, imperfect competition and international trade [↓] [top]

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• International factor movements [↑] [↓] [top]
• International factor movements [↓] [top]

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• The instruments of trade policy [↑] [↓] [top]
• The instruments of trade policy [↓] [top]

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International macroeconomics [↑] [↓] [top]

• International macroeconomics - introduction [↑] [↓] [top]
• Exchange rates - introduction [↓] [top]

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• Wealth [↑] [↓] [top]
• Preliminary concepts [↓] [top]
• Real and financial assets [↓] [top]
• Domestic and foreign assets [↓] [top]
• Asset returns and asset prices [↓] [top]
• Wealth across countries [↓] [top]

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• Balance of payments accounting [↑] [↓] [top]
• Preliminary concepts [↓] [top]
• Balance of payments statistics [↓] [top]
• The international investment position [↓] [top]
• Empirical evidence [↓] [top]
• National income accounting and the balance of payments [↓] [top]

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• The balance of payments in economics [↑] [↓] [top]
• Preliminary concepts [↓] [top]
• The four main categories of the balance of payments [↓] [top]
• A model of the current account [↓] [top]
• A model of international investment [↓] [top]

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• The nominal exchange rate [↑] [↓] [top]
• Preliminary concepts [↓] [top]
• Model based on currencies' purchasing powers [↓] [top]
• The monetary model with flexible prices [↓] [top]
• Model based on currency flows [↓] [top]
• A unified currency flow model [↓] [top]

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• The real exchange rate [↑] [↓] [top]
• Preliminary concepts [↓] [top]
• The Big Mac index [↓] [top]
• Purchasing power parity [↓] [top]
• The purchasing power parity fallacy [↓] [top]
• The real exchange rate in rich and poor countries [↓] [top]

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• Exchange rate regimes [↑] [↓] [top]
• Classification of exchange rate regimes [↓] [top]
• Justification of exchange rate pegs [↓] [top]
• History of exchange rate regimes [↓] [top]
• The yen, the US dollar and the euro [↓] [top]

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• Balance of payments crises [↑] [↓] [top]
• Preliminary concepts [↓] [top]
• International debt crises [↓] [top]
• Currency crises [↓] [top]
• The global financial crisis of 2008 [↓] [top]

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• The International Monetary Fund [↑] [↓] [top]
• The task of the IMF [↓] [top]
• The organization of the IMF [↓] [top]
• IMF assistance during debt crises [↓] [top]
• IMF assistance during currency crises [↓] [top]
• Criticisms of the IMF [↓] [top]

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• Globalization [↑] [↓] [top]
• Preliminary concepts [↓] [top]
• The arguments in favour of globalization [↓] [top]
• The arguments against of globalization [↓] [top]
• Improving global integration [↓] [top]
• Growth and inequality [↓] [top]

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• Omitted topics [↑] [↓] [top]
• Preliminary concepts [↓] [top]
• The monetary model with fixed prices (exchange rate overshooting) [↓] [top]
• The portfolio balance model [↓] [top]
• The Mundell-Fleming model [↓] [top]

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