PUBPOL 747-001/ECON 739- - International Macro/Financial Problems and Policies

This is the first of two separate half-term seminars, which may be taken together or separately. Recent topics have included the determinants of the U.S. current account position, issues of economic and monetary unification in the European Union, causes and consequences of Japan’s lost decade, crisis management in the financial and foreign exchange markets in emerging economies, and reform of the IMF and World Bank.