IDENTIFYING DATA 2023_24
Subject (*) INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC POLICY Code 16675214
Study programme
International Markets (2016)
 Cycle 2nd
Descriptors Credits Type Year Period
3 Optional First 2Q
Language
Anglès
Department Economics
Coordinator
QUESADA ARANA, ANTONIO
 E-mail antonio.quesada@urv.cat
Lecturers
QUESADA ARANA, ANTONIO
Web http://http://gandalf.fee.urv.cat/professors/AntonioQuesada/docencia.html
General description and relevant information <p>This course is a short introduction to global political economy.</p><p>The main topics covered are:</p><p>(i) the hierarchical geoeconomic structure;</p><p>(ii) global finance dominance;</p><p>(iii) economic integration processes; and</p><p>(iv) the plausible futures of the world economy.</p><p>Some simple mathematical models are also presented.</p>

Competences
Type A Code Competences Specific
 A9 Analyse innovative and relevant aspects of the new theoretical contributions in the field of international economics which allow to develop a research work in accordance with the challenges facing this academic discipline (research speciality).
Type B Code Competences Transversal
Type C Code Competences Nuclear

Learning outcomes
Type A Code Learning outcomes
 A9 Modeling and analysis of international economic relations and the effects of economic policies on a global level.
Type B Code Learning outcomes
Type C Code Learning outcomes

Contents
Topic Sub-topic
1. Introduction 1. International economic policy
2. Global political economy
2. Global power 1. Geopolitics: the world political order
2. Geoconomics: the world economic structure
3. The 'Rise of the Rest'?
3. Global finance 1. Monetary and financial international system
2. The dollar as the global reserve currency
3. International financial dilemmas and trilemmas
4. Finance and inequality
4. Global integration 1. Tension between integration and fragmentation
2. The political economy of integration
3. European integration
5. Global futures 1. The techonolgy dimension
2. The socio-political dimension
3. The ecosystem dimension

Planning
Methodologies  ::  Tests
  Competences (*) Class hours
 Hours outside the classroom
 (**) Total hours
Introductory activities
A9
 1 0 1
Lecture
A9
 8 24 32
Presentations / oral communications
A9
 4 8 12
Problem solving, exercises in the classroom
A9
 6 6 12
Debates
A9
 2 2 4
Personal attention
A9
 2 0 2
 
Extended-answer tests
A9
 3 9 12
 
(*) On e-learning, hours of virtual attendance of the teacher.
(**) The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students.

Methodologies
Methodologies
  Description
Introductory activities Presentation of the contents of the course and its evaluation.
Lecture The topics to be covered will be presented in class. The students should have read and prepared the readings recommended by the instructor beforehand.
Presentations / oral communications The students will present previously assigned articles or research topics.
Problem solving, exercises in the classroom Exercises will be solved in class. Students should work independently.
Debates Debates will be organized based on the reading material that students will read and prepare beforehand,
Personal attention Students will be able to meet with the instructor during the office hours. Office hours will be communicated to students on the first day of class.

Personalized attention
Description

In addition to the official office hours, students can request a meeting at any other time.

Assessment
Methodologies Competences Description Weight        
Presentations / oral communications
A9
 Essay on five books from a selection given at the start of the course and a brief oral presentation of the essay
30% (essay)+ 20%(presentation) 		50%
Extended-answer tests
A9
 Two short exams, a mid-term and an end-of-term exam
25% (exam 1)+25%(exam 2) 		50%
Others  
 
Other comments and second exam session

Evaluation in the second call will be based on an essay on five of the books from the list given at the start of the course (maximum mark 6) or on the taking of an exam, similar to those taken during the course (maximum mark 10).


Sources of information

Basic

Lectures notes and additional teaching material will be freely available at http://gandalf.fee.urv.cat/professors/AntonioQuesada/docencia.html
Complementary

Recommendations
(*)The teaching guide is the document in which the URV publishes the information about all its courses. It is a public document and cannot be modified. Only in exceptional cases can it be revised by the competent agent or duly revised so that it is in line with current legislation.