Economics of Global Trade and Finance
Semester I
2012-13
Dr. Ranga Sai
Department of Business Economics
Kelkar- Vaze College, Mumbai-400081
Dr Ranga Sai
Vaze College, Mumbai
Preamble
The syllabus of M. Com Part 1 is designed to acquaint the students with the various aspects of International Trade, Commercial Policy and Global Finance as well as recent trends and developments in international trade.
SEMESTER I
Module 1: Commercial policy
Tariff and Non tariff barriers, Miscellaneous Protection
Techniques – Dumping, Subsidies, Cartels and Commodity
Agreements.
(15)
Module 2: Economics of integration
Types of integration (EU, NAFTA, APEC, ASEAN, and
SAARC): Achievements and Future prospects, Regionalism
Vs. Multilateralism (15)
Module 3: Trends in world trade, WTO and Developing economies Recent Trends in Global Trade ‐ Contentious issues –
Agriculture and Market Access, Trade and Environmental issues, Dispute Settlement Mechanism
(15)
SEMESTER II
Module 4: Balance of Payments Adjustments
Foreign Trade Multiplier and Global Repercussions – BOP and Policy Mix: Role of Monetary and Fiscal Policy in BOP –
Trade off between Internal and External Balance (Mundell and Flemming Model)
(15)
Module 5: Foreign exchange markets
Flexible Exchange Rate, Currency convertibility, Significance of foreign exchange reserves, Exchange risks, Global linkage of foreign exchange markets, Open and Closed: Interest Parity
Conditions , Euro Currency Markets , Euro Equity and Euro
Bonds Markets – Nature and Characteristics.
(15)
Module 6: International Factors Movements
Movement of labour between countries – Trends in Migration,
International capital movements – Role and impact of foreign
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capital, Types and factors, Role of MNCs, Changing role of the IMF in the emerging international scenario.
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