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Balance of Payments Practice Questions
The balance of payments is an accounting identity, which says that capital _______ from one country must equal capital ________ to another country.
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a. depreciation; appreciation
b. investments; investments
c. outflows; inflows
d. assets; liabilities
Which of the following is something a country does with the dollars they get from selling products to the US:
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a. buy US treasury bills
b. invest in US companies
c. buy US goods and services
d. all of the above
Foreign investment entails __________ change in the capital account of the country making the investment.
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a. a negative
b. a positive
c. no
d. an uncertain
A current account deficit merely means that, as a country, we __________ more than we ___________.
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a. produce; consume
b. import; export
c. export; import
d. contract; expand
We are in a capital account _____________ when more capital flows into the country than flows out of the country.
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a. deficit
b) surplus
c) sterilization
d) control
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International Finance
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(56 videos)
Introduction to International Trade and Finance
Balance of Payments
Practice Questions
Purchasing Power Parity
Practice Questions
David Hume on the Balance of Trade
Practice Questions
Isaac Gervaise
Practice Questions
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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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
Practice Questions
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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Why are high bond yields a problem?
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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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