Syllabus 1. General Information Class Thursday ... - Henrik Enderlein

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3) There will be a course website on Blackboard with readings. For each week, there is an “easy reading” (usually short articles from The Economist or Foreign Affairs or a similar source) and a “hard reading” (usually a state of the art research paper in economics). You have to read both pieces BEFORE the start of the lab on Monday. 4. Requirements & Grading You are all required to prepare classes, to participate actively in class discussions, and to attend the Lab sessions. -- See the document “Rules of the Game” -- Presentation 25% Report 30% Fact Sheet 20% Memo 15% Participation 10% 6. Overview Please note that this schedule is indicative only. Depending on the time needed to wrap-up a topic, I will adjust the schedule as appropriate. Week Date Topic #1 02.02.2006 <strong>General</strong> Introduction #2 09.02.2006 Sugar/Cotton Subsidies and the WTO #3 16.02.2006 Growth, Innovation and Trade #4 23.02.2006 The IMF and the World Bank #5 02.03.2006 Globalization and the Size of Government #6 09.03.2006 The Oil Market #7 16.03.2006 Stock Market Crashes 1929 and 1987 #8 23.03.2006 Monetary Policy: Fed & ECB #9 30.03.2006 Sovereign Defaults: Argentina & Russia #10 06.04.2006 Fiscal Policies in EMU #11 13.04.2006 China and the U.S. 20.04.2006 +++ Easter Break +++ #12 27.04.2006 From Communism to Capitalism #13 04.05.2006 The End of Poverty #14 !!05.05.2006!! Unemployment in Europe #15 1<strong>1.</strong>05.2006 The Economics of the Kyoto Protocol 2
7. Detailed Schedule Session 1: Topic: 9 February Sugar/Cotton Subsidies and the WTO Presentation : “Why do the US and the EU want to keep their cotton/sugar subsidies?” Fact-Sheet 1: “The organization of international trade cooperation” Fact-Sheet 2: “Trade Theories” Memo 1: “Briefing to the Trade Commissioner of the EU: How to react to the WTO decision that EU sugar subsidies are illegal” Memo 2: “Briefing to the President of Mali: Why US cotton subsidies are illegal” Session 2: Topic: 16 February Growth, Innovation and Trade Presentation 1: “Why do some countries grow quicker than others?” Presentation 2: “A historical view on technology and growth” Fact-Sheet 1: “Determinants of Growth” (David Scheller) Fact-Sheet 2: “Measures of innovation” (Piotr Bonislawski) Memo 1: “Background memo on the Lisbon Strategy to the Dutch Ministry of Economic Afffairs prior to a meeting with a group of economists” Memo 2: “To the IMF Excecutive Board: Outlining a growth strategy for Iraq” Session 3: Topic: 23 February The IMF and the World Bank Presentation 1: “Should the IMF and the World Bank be reformed?” Presentation 2: “Positive and negative effects of IMF programs” Presentation 3: “The Washington Consensus” Fact-Sheet 1: “The economic rationales behind the Bretton-Woods institutions” Fact-Sheet 2: “The role and set-up of the Bretton-Woods institutions” Memo 1: “Briefing to the IMF Chairman for a discussion with journalists on academic evidence that IMF programs do not generate growth” Memo 2: “Memo to the German IMF Executive Director: Should China be given more weight in IMF decisions?” 3
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