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ECB3121

Faculty of Business and Economics

18 September 2017 19 April 2024

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This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2016 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

Monash University

6 points, SCA Band 3, 0.125 EFTSL

Undergraduate - Unit

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Faculty

Business and Economics

Organisational Unit

Department of Economics

Coordinator(s)

Dr James Bugden

Offered

Berwick

  • First semester 2016 (Day)

Synopsis

This unit develops an understanding of the theory of international trade. It explains how international trade creates gains for a nation and the effect this has on its economic outcomes, such as economic growth and income distribution. The unit discusses the role of trade policy; tariffs, quotas, subsidies and import discrimination on trade patterns. The unit also looks at the international finance and the foreign exchange markets, with emphasis on stability of the foreign exchange market, exchange rate determination, the balance of payments and the role of exchange rate policies.

Outcomes

The learning goals associated with this unit are to:

  1. draw upon skills developed in micro and macroeconomics to enable students to understand and critically evaluate contemporary policy debates in international trade and finance
  2. develop the ability to use powerful analytical tools to predict the impact of global economic, political and social policies on Australia as a small open economy
  3. recognise the positive welfare effects of worldwide unrestricted trade.

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 40%
Examination: 60%

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Independent study may include associated readings, assessment and preparation for scheduled activities. The unit requires on average three/four hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.

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Chief examiner(s)

Dr James Bugden

Prerequisites

Students must have passed ECB1102 or ECF1100 or ECF1200 or ECG1102 or ECS1101 or ECS1102 or ECW1102 and ECB2331 or ECB2731 or ECF2331 or ECF2731 or ECG2731 or ECS2730 or ECS2731 or ECW2731 or ECF2931.

Prohibitions

ECC3690, ECF3121, ECG9121, ECS3121, ECW3121