B6201-001: Global Economic Environment
TR - B Term, 09:00AM to 10:30AM
Credit hours: 1.5
Location: URI 326
Instructor: Pierre Yared
This course explores the fundamentals of national competitiveness, productivity and growth. It studies the forces that determine production, consumption, savings and investment. It introduces the problem of variable foreign exchange rates and their impact on policy, performance and finance. It explores the complex relationships among government policies and private-sector performance in a global setting.
Pierre Yared
Senior Vice Dean of Faculty Affairs
Pierre Yared is the MUTB Professor of International Business and Vice Dean for Executive Education at Columbia Business School. His research, which has been published in leading academic journals, focuses on macroeconomic policy, political economy, and growth. He is a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research and an associate editor of the American Economic Review. Yared teaches Global Economic...