GLOBAL CAPITAL AND NATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

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This course covers country studies on international finance and national institutions, including, for example, financial cris es or barriers to business and entrepreneurship. Topics may include foreign direct investment in Ireland’s tiger economy, whether capital flows are benefactors or contribute to financial crises (e.g., in Korea or Malaysia), Slovakia’s flat tax, special economic zones in India, monetary policy in Japan, exchange rate policy in China, or the US current account deficit and global imbalances.