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The Case for Pessimism - Practice Questions
The Eurozone is very _______ to be an “optimum currency area.”
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a. likely
b. unlikely
c. neither a. nor b.
Suppose a government, instead of working to resolve an issue, postpones major decisions and instead works to provide only temporary solutions. This is also known as ______________________.
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a. the O’Connor Model of Government Delay
b. “kicking the can down the road”
c. both a. and b.
The debt-to-GDP ratio of Germany (at the end of 2012) was around:
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a. 85 percent
b. 60 percent
c. 99 percent
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Introduction to International Trade and Finance
Balance of Payments
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Purchasing Power Parity
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David Hume on the Balance of Trade
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Isaac Gervaise
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Exchange Rates
Real Exchange Rates
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Real and Nominal Exchange Rates
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Are Devaluations Contractionary?
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Forward Exchange Rates
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Covered Interest Parity
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Uncovered Interest Parity and the Carry Trade
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Speculative Attacks
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The “Peso Problem”
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Long Swings in Exchange Rates
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Swiss Franc Peg
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Bela Balassa
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Currency Issues
The Classical Gold Standard
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Gold Exchange Standard
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Bretton Woods
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Reserve Currencies
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Safe Haven Currencies
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Capital Controls
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Currency Manipulation
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Chinese Currency Manipulation
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Borrowing in Your Own Currency
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The Euro Crisis
The Three Sides of the Crisis
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The Case for Optimism
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The Case for Pessimism
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European Central Bank
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The Bailout Funds
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The Italian Crisis of 2013
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The costs of leaving the Eurozone
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Remarks on individual countries
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Currency union collapse in history
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Indicators for Eurozone progress
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Life on the precipice
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Will austerity work?
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Effects on other multilateral agreements
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Optimum currency areas
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Optimum currency areas and the Euro
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Why is the Euro so bland?
Tyler Cowen lecture at the Bruno Leoni Institute (Optional)
Understanding the Eurocrisis (Optional)
Iceland: Causes of the Crisis
Iceland: Collapse
International Trade Overview
Trade Imbalances
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Dark Matter
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The “Dutch Disease”
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Home Bias
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Introduction to Mercantilism
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Adam Smith on Mercantile Systems
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Adam Smith on Mercantile Conclusions
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Crises and Responses to Them
Asian Financial Crisis of 1997
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Mexico and the 2008 Financial Crisis
Sudden Stops
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