Grades15% - Team assignments (2 total)15% - Class participation/exercisesNo late assignments/exercises accepted. Ifyou cannot make class on an assignment duedate you can turn it in early, or have someoneturn it in for you. (I will accept one exercisevia email during term, or more if due toillness.)Important datesMidterm: in-class, Thursday, Feb 7thFinal: Tuesday, March 19th 6:00 pmNo make-up exams.First assignment: due before midtermSecond assignment: Harvard case post-midtermWhy study ‘international’ finance?We live in an increasingly globalized andintegrated world economy.Most countries have opened up theirborders to trade goods and services withother countries. (Free flow of goods andservices.)Recently, many countries have alsoallowed for capital to flow freely acrossborders.AttitudesaboutGlobalization“…views ofglobalizationare distinctlymore positive inlow-incomecountries thanin rich ones.”The Pew Center for the People andthe Press surveyed 38,000 peoplein 44 countries in 20022011 survey:29% “bad”,57% “good” for U.S.8%“bad”, 91% “good” for Kenya
