Money, Financial Systems and Central Banks

2024/2025

Academic Year

RUS

Instruction in Russian

3

ECTS credits

Delivered at:

Undergraduate Programmes Curriculum Support

Course type:

Elective course

When:

4 year, 3, 4 module

Instructor

Юдаева Ксения Валентиновна

Программа дисциплины

Аннотация

n this course, we’ll cover in more depth some classic topics in International Economics including theBalassa-Samuelson model, empirical determinants of exchange rates, including an investigation into theempirical determinants of cryptocurrency exchange rates, and Dutch Disease – a crucially importanttopic for Russia. We’ll also look at the impact of exchange rate regimes on trade, the gravity model ofinternational trade, and the impact of the Rise of China, the impact of sanctions on Russia, and theTrump Trade War. The overwhelming focus of the course will be on well-identified empirical work inInternational Economics, complemented with a smaller dose of theory. There will also be two “bonus”lectures: one on Entrepreneurship, where I’ll summarize teachings from books like “the Lean Startup”and “the Mom Test”, and on raising Venture Capital money. And the second entitled “So, You Want tobe a Trader?” about trading for those interested in launching a trading career. (Note that I also beenfortunate to have made 7 figures as a trader, and the misfortune to have given some of that back as anentreprenuer;).