Competencies and objectives

 

Course context for academic year 2018-19

La macroeconomía internacional es una asignatura avanzada
dentro del contexto de las macroeconomías que se imparten
en el Grado en Economía de la Universidad de Alicante.
La macroeconomía internacional tiene grande relevancia
dentro de la macroeconomía en un contexto de creciente
globalización financiera y frente a los retos puestos por
la creación del euro.

El estudio de la macroeconomía internacional se propone
proporcionar al estudiante la capacidad de comprender el
funcionamiento básico de los mercados de divisas y la
formación del tipo de cambio. Además se propone también
dar al estudiante los elementos necesarios para entender
los ajustes macroeconómicos en una economía abierta y de
aplicarlos a temas de grande relevancia como las crisis
financieras internacionales y las uniones monetarias.

 

 

Course content (verified by ANECA in official undergraduate and Master’s degrees)

General Competences (CG)

  • CG8 : Analyse problems using critical reasoning, without prejudices, precisely and rigorously.
  • CG9 : Capacity for synthesis.

 

General Competences acquired at University of Alicante (CGUA)

  • CGUA3 : Capacity for oral and written communication.

 

Specific Competences (CE)

  • CE10 : Capacity to apply the knowledge and skills acquired to solve theoretical and applied economic problems.
  • CE11 : Analytical skills for developing theoretical frameworks that simplify study of the real economy and the capacity to set appropriate levels of abstraction when studying different economic questions.
  • CE3 : Bring a rational approach to the analysis and description of any aspect of economic reality.
  • CE5 : Issue expert reports on specific economic situations (international, national or regional) or on sectors of the same.
  • CE6 : Draft economic management projects at international, national or regional level.
  • CE8 : Identify the sources of relevant economic information and their content.
  • CE9 : Understand economic institutions as the result and application of theoretical or formal representations of how the economy works.

 

 

 

Learning outcomes (Training objectives)

- To understand how currency markets work and how exchange rates are established.

- To understand how savings and investment are established in a simple life-cycle model, and how fiscal policy influences the credit/debit position of an economy with regard to the rest of the world.

- To understand the relation between money, interest rates and exchange rates.

- To understand the relation between national production and short-term exchange rates, and how monetary policy can influence the credit/debit position of an economy with regard to the rest of the world.

 

 

Specific objectives stated by the academic staff for academic year 2018-19

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General

Code: 35025
Lecturer responsible:
TURINO, FRANCESCO
Credits ECTS: 6,00
Theoretical credits: 1,50
Practical credits: 0,90
Distance-base hours: 3,60

Departments involved

  • Dept: FOUNDATIONS OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
    Area: FOUNDATIONS OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
    Theoretical credits: 1,5
    Practical credits: 0,9
    This Dept. is responsible for the course.
    This Dept. is responsible for the final mark record.

Study programmes where this course is taught