International Macroeconomics and Big Data

Module Code: ECP77574

ECTS Credit: 5
Mandatory/Optional: Optional
Semester/Term Taught: Hilary Term
Module Coordinator: Professor Agustin Benetrix

Module Aims

This module will cover the building blocks of international macroeconomics (exchange rates, current account economics, international risk sharing). It will analyse traditional and new approaches to the modelling of open economies and apply the models to topics such as global imbalances.

Module Delivery

The module will be delivered through a combination of lectures (10 hours) and tutorials (5 hours).

Learning Outcomes

On completion of the module, students will be able to:

exposit and critically appraise modern theoretical models of the determination of the major macroeconomic variables in light of empirical evidence;
use appropriately the main techniques and methodologies employed in macroeconomic theory.