Instructor: Alberto Martin

Selected Topics:

• Financial globalization: the facts
• Macroeconomic effects of financial globalization: conventional view and evidence
• Rethinking the convention: a workhorse model of capital flows and financial frictions
• Policy implications: the case for capital controls
• Causes and consequences of global imbalances
• Capital flows, the financial crisis of 2007-08, and Europe’s banking woes.

Dates: July 6 – July 10

Time: 11:15 – 13:15 h