International finance

Type of study	Doctoral
Language of instruction	English
Code	154-9526/01
Abbreviation	IFa
Course title	International finance
Credits	10
Coordinating department	Department of Finance
Course coordinator	doc. Ing. Aleš Kresta, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Foreign exchange markets
2. Balance of payments and exchange rates management
3. Methods of exchange rate forecasting
4. Globalisation of financial markets and international banking
5. Eurocurrency markets, eurocredits and eurobonds
6. International share markets
7. International portfolio investments
8. Foreign direct investments
9. Financial crises
10. Current situation in global financial markets

Literature

BUTLER, K. Multinational Finance: Evaluating the Opportunities, Costs, and Risks of Multinational Operations. 6th ed. New Jersey: Wiley, 2016.
COPELAND, L. S. Exchange rates and international finance. 5th ed. Harlow: Financial Times Prentice Hall, 2008.
EITEMAN, D., STONEHILL, A. and M. MOFFETT. Multinational Business Finance. 14th ed.Essex: Pearson, 2015.
GANDOLFO, G. and D. FEDERICI. International Finance and Open‐Economy Macroeconomics.2nd ed. Heidelberg: Springer, 2016.
HULL, J. C. Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives. 10th ed. New Jersey: Pearson, 2017.
KRUGMAN, P. R., OBSTFELD, M. and M. J. MELITZ. International finance: theory & policy. 11th edition. Harlow: Pearson, 2018.
LEVI, M. D. International finance. 5th ed. London: Routledge, 2009.
SHAPIRO, A. C. Multinational Financial Management. 10th ed. New Jersey: Wiley, 2013.
SOLNIK, B. Global Investments. 6th ed. Essex: Pearson, 2008.
STEIN, J. L. Stochastic optimal control, international finance, and debt crises. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006.

Advised literature

EITEMAN, David, STONEHILL, Arthur, MOFFETT, Michael. Multinational Business Finance. 14th ed. Essex: Pearson, 2015.
GANDOLFO, Giancarlo, FEDERICI, Daniela. International Finance and Open-Economy Macroeconomics. 2nd ed. Heidelberg: Springer, 2016.
SOLNIK, Bruno. Global Investments. 6th ed. Essex: Pearson, 2008.

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