ökb760 - International economic ties (Complete module description)

ökb760 - International economic ties (Complete module description)

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Module label International economic ties
Module code ökb760
Credit points 6.0 KP
Workload 180 h
Institute directory Department of Business Administration, Economics and Law (Economics Education)
Applicability of the module
  • Erweiterungsfach Gymnasium Politik-Wirtschaft (Extension tray) > Module
  • Master of Education Programme (Gymnasium) Politics-Economics (Master of Education) > Ökonomische Bildung
Responsible persons
  • Loerwald, Dirk (module responsibility)
  • Lehrenden, Die im Modul (authorised to take exams)
Prerequisites
Completed foundation curriculum (Bachelor's) and successful completion of at least two advanced modules (Bachelor's)
Skills to be acquired in this module
Students
• are familiar with reasons, objectives, actors, domains and problems of state economic policy
• recognise and reflect on international economic dimensions of state economic policy
• know and assess explanatory approaches to international economic relations reflect on globalisation processes in the emergence of worldwide markets for goods, capital, services and labour, as well as the environment
• know about international financial markets as markets for monetary or capital transactions
• consider the substantial growth in the volume of international financial transactions
• analyse the ability of the nation states to implement autonomous monetary and financial policy
• reflect on international financial relations as the result of a global process
Module contents
1.) International economic relations:
• Significance of international economic relations for the Federal Republic of Germany
• Structure and scope of international economic relations
• Reasons for and explanatory approaches to international economic relations
• A regulatory framework for a globalised worldwide economy

2.) International financial relations:
• Understanding the concept of international financial relations
• The development process of international financial relations
• International financial markets and the economic significance of nation states
• The current functioning of international financial markets.
Recommended reading

Schlösser, H. J. (2014): Wirtschaftspolitik mit internationalem Fokus, Oldenburg: Institut für Ökonomische Bildung. Fritsch, M./Wein, T./Ewers, H. J. (2011): Marktversagen und Wirtschaftspolitik, Mikroökonomische Grundlagen staatlichen Handelns, 8. überarbeitete Auflage, München: Vahlen. Krugman, P. R. (2011): Internationale Wirtschaft, Theorie und Politik der Außenwirtschaft, 9. aktualisierte Auflage, München: Pearson.Frey, B. S./Kirchgässner, G. (2002): Demokratische Wirtschaftspolitik, München: Vahlen. Lucius, O (2011): Finanzmarktregulierung: wie viel Ungleichheit kann die internationale Finanzwirtschaft verkraften?, in: Zeitschrift für das gesamte Kreditwesen: Pflichtblatt der Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse, Vol. 6(18), SW. 955-958

Links

http://www.uni-oldenburg.de/wire/ioeb/studienangebote/

Language of instruction German
Duration (semesters) 1 Semester
Module frequency halbjährlich
Module capacity 30
Reference text

Im Lehrenden-Jour-Fix zu Beginn des Semesters wird abgestimmt und festgelegt, mit Hilfe welcher Prüfungsform die Modulprüfung durchgeführt wird. Dies wird zu Beginn der Veranstaltungen den Studierenden erläutert.