回 | 項目 | 内容 |
第1回 | Integration of the foreign exchange market and the domestic money market | Students will learn how the domestic interest rate and the foreign exchange rate will be determined simultaneously, how they interact, etc. |
第2回 | Distinction between 'long run' and 'short run' | You will learn that prices can be flexible or sticky. I will look into why the existence of flexible and sticky prices necessitates distinction between 'long run' and 'short run'. The concept of 'redenomination' will be made much use of. |
第3回 | Ditto | In the context of explaining movements in the foreign exchange rate, I will delve into Dornbusch's overshooting phenomenon in the short run. Rational expectations will play a dominant role. |
第4回 | Monetary mechanism in the long run | I will provide an economically rigorous definition of 'price level'. The 'law of one price' and the 'Purchasing Power Parity (PPP)' will be elaborated. |
第5回 | UIP vs PPP in the long run | I will discuss the question of whether UIP and PPP are compatible in the long run. |
第6回 | Absolute PPP vs relative PPP | The distinction between the absolute PPP and the relative PPP will be discussed. Which concept is more useful? |
第7回 | Real exchange rate | The concept of 'real exchange rate' will be introduced to overcome various difficulties inherent in the prototype PPP. |
第8回 | Monetary mechanism in the short run | I will discuss how markets are cleared in the short run. |
第9回 | Ditto | I will explain how aggregate demand is determined in the short run. I will also go into what is exactly meant by the phrase 'in real terms'. |
第10回 | Ditto | I will explain how aggregate supply is determined in the short run. |
第11回 | Integration of the 'goods and services market' and the 'asset markets' | I will elaborate how the goods and services market and the asset markets are equilibrated simultaneously. |
第12回 | Effectiveness of monetary policy | I will discuss how a temporary change in monetary policy will affect the real economy. |
第13回 | Ditto | I will discuss how a permanent change in monetary policy will affect the real economy. |
第14回 | Supplementary recapitulation
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第15回 | In-class exam | Students have to pass the 60-minute written exam to pass the course. The exam will cover the autumn semester lectures, including the current topics. |