Kirsten
Wandschneider Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Economics and IPE
Student Presentations:
Looking at the course schedule you will notice eight papers that are marked as student presentations. The idea is that a team of two students will lead the discussion on this article. In class you should present a brief description/explanation of the article (15 min), making sure that each student understands the main points and eventual technical elements. Then you should lead a 15-minute discussion on the text. Prepare your questions ahead of the class. Think how the article relates to the topics discussed in class. What are the new ideas introduced by the text? What are potential policy implications? Feel free to discuss your presentation with me ahead of the class.
March 3: Purchasing Power Parity
· STUDENT PRESENTATION: Kenneth Rogoff, "The Purchasing Power
Parity Puzzle," Journal of Economic Literature, June 1996. (J-STOR)
March 8: Empirics and Problems of PPP
· STUDENT PRESENTATION: Alan M. Taylor and Mark P. Taylor: "The
Purchasing Power Parity Debate" Journal of Economic Perspectives,
Vol. 18, No. 4, Fall 2004 (available online)
March 10: Aggregate Demand in an Open Economy
· STUDENT PRESENTATION: Penelopi Goldberg and Michael Knetter,
"Goods Prices and Exchange Rates: What Have We Learned?" Journal
of Economic Literature, September 1997. (J-STOR)
March 31: Exchange Rate Regimes: Options, Pros and Cons
· STUDENT PRESENTATION: Alberto Alesina and A. Wagner: "Choosing
and Reneging on Exchange Rate Regimes" NBER Working Paper 9809, 2003
April 7: International Financial Crises: An Introduction to Currency
Crises
· STUDENT PRESENTATION: Paul Krugman: "Currency Crises"
Mimeo, 1998 (available online)
April 12: Currency, Debt and Banking Crises - Analysis and Origins
· STUDENT PRESENTATION: Barry Eichengreen and R. Haussman: "Exchange
Rates and Financial Fragility" NBER Working Paper 7418, 1999
April 26: The Importance of Capital Controls
· STUDENT PRESENTATION: Stanley Fischer: "Exchange Rate Regimes:
Is The Bipolar View Correct?" Speech, January 2001 (available online)
April 28: Macroeconomic Policy and Coordination
· STUDENT PRESENTATION: Kenneth Rogoff, "International Institutions
for Reducing Global Financial Instability," Journal of Economic Perspectives,
Fall 1999. (J-STOR)