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FIN-523: Global business environment

Summary

This course gives the framework and tools for understanding economic events, taking financial decisions and evaluating investment opportunities in a global economy. It builds up an integrated model of exchange rate and output determination, and explains how monetary and fiscal policies work.

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https://edu.epfl.ch/coursebook/en/global-business-environment-FIN-523

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Lectures

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Official source

https://edu.epfl.ch/coursebook/en/global-business-environment-FIN-523

Moodle Page

http://go.epfl.ch/FIN-523

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Lectures in this course (11)

Global Business Environment: Determinants and Impacts

Explores interest rates, exchange rates, economic activity, and global economic events.

Current Account and Net Foreign Assets

Explores the current account, saving, investment, labor market, inflation, and exchange rates in the global economy.

Exchange Rates and Asset Returns

Explores the link between exchange rates and asset returns, including nominal and real rates, equilibrium exchange rate, and FX options.

Foreign Exchange Swaps: Pricing and Options

Explores FX swaps, pricing mechanisms, and FX options, including put and call options, in the foreign exchange market.

Global Financial Crisis and Monetary Policy

Explores the Global Financial Crisis of 2008-09, unconventional monetary policies, interbank market pressures, and concepts like Purchasing Power Parity.

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