Macroeconomic
policy and financial
markets
[C225]
Macroeconomic
policy and financial
markets focuses on the
relationship between
macroeconomic policies
and financial markets.
How do central banks’
policies on interest
rates and credit relate
to financial markets?
What is the relation
between budget deficits
and financial markets?
How do financial markets
relate to investment and
savings flows? The
course includes both
theory and empirical
material.
Microeconomic
principles and policy[C357]
This course is currently
under development.
Please check back here
soon for more
information about the
course.
International
finance
[C229]
This course is
concerned with the
institutions of
international finance
and the key policy
problems that have
arisen in recent
decades. It presents a
policy-oriented
perspective, similar to
that an economist would
use when advising
governments on how to
work within the modern
international financial
system and how to
overcome its problems.
The course aims to
familiarise students
with the three key
concepts necessary for
understanding the
problems of policy
formulation within the
international financial
system: the
institutional structure
of the modern
international financial
system; the principles
of financial policy
analysis for an open
economy; and the
principles affecting
some current policy
issues in international
finance.
The
International Monetary
Fund and economic policy
[C213]
This course
introduces a number of
concepts and approaches
— in particular,
disequilibrium and
structuralist models of
macroeconomics and
finance. One of the main
aims of this course is
to encourage
self-directed study.
Whereas the earlier
courses direct students
along a firmly
structured path, this
course sets the broad
parameters within which
a relatively independent
mode of study is
encouraged, with
optional topics provided
for the investigation of
special interests. The
macroeconomics studied
in other courses is
based on equilibrium (or
neo-classical) models.
In addition, this course
introduces
disequilibrium and
structuralist models and
aims to familiarise
students with the main
ideas, concepts and
techniques needed to
understand these models.
Public financial
management: planning and
performanc
[C201]
In this course you will
be introduced to the
methods and issues of
public financial
management. You will
examine subjects
including cost
management, budgeting,
expenditure control
techniques, accounting
for public spending and
performance budgeting.
Public financial
management: revenue
[C205]
In this course you will
study the theory and
practice of public
finance with special
reference to how
governments raise
revenues and how they
use taxation to pursue
policy aims. The course
is mainly concerned with
taxation, borrowing and
aid.
