Kerk Phillips

Economics 459 Resources

Related Links

• BYU Economics Department
• BYU College of Family Home and Social Sciences
• BYU David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies
• BYU Chapter of Sigma Iota Rho
• BYU International Relations Blog/Bulletin Board

International Monetary Theory

I am scheduled to teach Econ 459 during Fall Semester 2009.

Syllabus

• Fall 2009

Past Exams

Spring 2009

• Midterm

Fall 2008

• Midterm
• Final

Fall 2007

• Midterm 
• Final 

Spring 2007

• Midterm 
• Final

Spring 2006

• Midterm
• Final

Useful Documents (PDF format)

• History and Interesting Facts about Currencies
• Gains from Trade in Financial Assets
• Speculative Bubbles as a Solution to Asset Pricing Equations
• Properties of Statistical Moments
• Model of Financial Risk Premia with Application to Exchange Rates
• The Equilibrium Approach to Exchange Rates
• Penn World Table Real Exchange Rate Values for 2000
• Alan Stockman's article from the Richmond Fed's Economic Review
• Torsten Persson's Lecture Notes on Current Accounts
• Mathematical Version of Persson's Notes
• A Quick Primer on Foreign Currency Crises

Powerpoint

• Foreign Exchange Markets
• History of International Monies

Useful Links

• Oz Forex Foreign Exchange - near real time quotes from an Australian firm
• INO.com - another source of exchange rate quotes
• Pacific Exchange Rate Service - historical data archived by the UBC Business School
• Penn World Tables 6.2 - source for real exchange rates and international price comparisons
• US Bureau of Economic Analysis - source for national income accounts and balance of payements statistics
• US Bureau of Labor Statistics - source for the consumer price index
• Statistical Abstract of the United States - you never know, it might have what you're looking for
• International Economics databases available through the BYU Library
• BYU Blackboard
• BYU Testing Center