03.897.1181 European Integration

Lehrende/r: Miriam Kohl

Veranstaltungsart: online: Vorlesung

Anzeige im Stundenplan: European Integration

Semesterwochenstunden: 2

Unterrichtssprache: Englisch

Min. | Max. Teilnehmerzahl: - | -

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:
Audience:

Students enrolled in the Masters program "International Economics and Public Policy" (MIEPP)

Time and place (preliminary):

Wednesday, 8.15 - 9.45 a.m., Room N1 (weekly)

Wednesday, 12.15 - 1.45 p.m., Room N1 (weekly)
 
Start of course:

November 4, 2020 

A detailed schedule will be issued at the start of the course.

Inhalt:
Goal:

The objective of this course is to become familiar with important facts, concepts and models that are necessary to understand the real economic and monetary aspects of European integration.

Content (preliminary):

The following topics will be covered in this course:

- Part I: History, facts and institutions

- Part II: The microeconomic perspective

• Trade policy and regional trade agreements
  
• Market integration and imperfect competition
  
• European labour markets and unemployment
  
• Migration
  
• Brexit
  

• Exchange rate regimes and the trilemma
  
• The theory of Optimal Currency Areas
  
• Monetary integration
  
• The Euro crisis and future developments 
  

Empfohlene Literatur:
Literature (preliminary):

Baldwin, Richard and Charles Wyplosz (2020). The Economics of European Integration. Sixth Edition. McGraw-Hill.

Further references will be announced in the course.

 

Digitale Lehre:
Teaching modalities in times of COVID19:

Lectures and tutorials will be taught in classroom at JGU Mainz. In addition, lectures and tutorials will be recorded. The resulting videos will be made available to students on the JGU Panopto platform.

All lecture materials and information will be distributed via ILIAS.