Siavash Mohades

This course uses a three-equation macroeconomic model to study how the European Central Bank operates within the euro-area economy. It connects monetary theory with policy practice through contributions from guest speakers and a study visit to the ECB in Frankfurt.

This course examines the general-equilibrium dynamics of major economic crises, with particular attention to the global financial crisis. It studies the role of the banking sector, monetary-policy responses and the transmission of monetary policy through commercial banks.

This course introduces students in the International Business programme to core concepts in microeconomics and macroeconomics. Topics include consumer and producer behaviour, public economics, market structures and national accounting.

This course examines the development of international economic integration and the unequal distribution of its benefits. Topics include exchange-rate determination, international markets, competitiveness and the gains from trade.

This course studies the role of emerging markets in the global economy and considers how empirical economic methods can be used to assess their development. Topics include international trade, financial globalisation, migration, governance and environmental challenges.

This course examines the global movement of goods, capital, ideas and people. It considers the economic consequences of financial shocks, intellectual-property rules and migration, including brain drain and cultural assimilation.

Students participate in a series of market simulations in which they act as consumers, producers or traders. They subsequently analyse the resulting data, compare the observed outcomes with standard economic theory and apply the same concepts to real-world settings in written assignments.

This course provides an advanced treatment of asset-pricing theory, financial instruments and investment strategies. Students study modern asset-pricing models, examine the relationship between risk and return and apply the models through computational exercises in MATLAB.

This course examines the links among monetary policy, economic growth and international affairs. It uses major economic and political events, including financial crises, commodity-price shocks, climate change, Brexit and developments in emerging economies, to analyse how domestic policy decisions interact with the global economy.