From this page the syllabus for each course I teach can be accessed. The primary focus is on the determinants of trade flow and international specialization and on the economic impact of tariffs, quotas, and other trade policy instruments.
Students develop a conceptual basis for analysis and examine recent experience and current issues.
This course examines these issues from theoretical and applied perspectives. Topics include the nature of foreign exchange risk, the determination of spot and forward exchange rates and interest rates, the returns to foreign investments in external currency and in bond and stock markets, the management of foreign exchange risk with forward markets and foreign currency option markets, and the dynamics of the balance of payments with a focus on understanding international capital flows, country debt, and exchange rate fluctuations. Information pertaining to these courses will be available at the USD website in August 1999. BADM 710 - Financial Administration Analysis and application of theories of financial management, primarily, from the perspective of the Chief Financial Officer of a firm. Course participants get to apply the techniques and skills learned earlier and to perform the financial manager's primary functions of deployment and procurement of funds to maximize shareholder's wealth under constraints faced by the firm.