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Faculty of Business and Economics at The University of Hong Kong ECON0602 Foreign trade and investment in China Semester : 1 For Student of Year : 2 & 3 Built upon contemporary scholarly work on international economics, economics of multinational enterprises and international business, this course presents a set of tools, concepts, and perspectives to help you comprehend key issues in China's foreign trade and investment and make related business decisions. This course contains several major themes, including (a) What opportunities does the emergence of the Chinese economy offer to foreign firms? (b) Whether and how should an foreign firm be involved in

2210: International Trade and Finance Summer Moto.ITOH This course covers an advanced level of international trade theories for undergraduate students.

Game Theory and Applications General Information This course covers game theory and its applications to various fields of economics. It studies static games with complete information, dynamic games with complete information, static games with incomplete information, dynamic games with incomplete information, and the equilibrium concepts corresponding to these games. It considers applications of these concepts to the study of industrial organization, international trade, labor economics, public economics, corporate finance, and monetary economics. Applications to auction and bargaining are also considered. Finally, it offers an introduction to mechanism design and its application to the procurement problem.

ECON0603 The economic system of Hong Kong Semester : 2 For Student of Year : 2 & 3 The course provides a comprehensive discussion of the salient aspects of the Hong Kong economy. Topics include Hong Kong's national income accounting and economic development, the monetary system and exchange rate regime, the financial system, public finance and fiscal policy, external trade and foreign investment, economic relations with the Mainland, the labour market and employment, the property market and housing policy, regulation of public utilities and competition policy, industrial development and policy, and income distribution. Emphasis will be given to both economic analysis and institutional

The Chinese Economy General Information This course reviews the economic transformation of the People's Republic of China and its implications. China's experiences are subjected to theoretical and empirical analysis by using modern economic methods. The course covers structural and institutional changes as well as current debates on reform and policy. Topics include: history, geography, population, rural reform, industrialisation, urbanisation, enterprise reform, foreign trade and investment, financial system, and regional development.

ECON6035 Political Economy of Economic Policy General Information This course studies the relationship between the state and the market economy, especially highlighting the costs and benefits of economic policy interventions. Topics include: the economic value of the rule of law, property rights and institutional change, promoting competition and regulating markets, rules versus discretion in monetary, fiscal and exchange rate policy, and regionalism versus federalism. Selected case materials based on historical and contemporary examples will be used in classroom discussions, including international examples with emphasis on Hong Kong, China and Asia. ECON6036

Faculty of Business and Economics at The University of Hong Kong ECON0302 International finance Semester : 1 For Student of Year : 2 & 3 The course is an introduction to an evolving and growing literature on international finance. Topics covered in the course include the international monetary system, the concept of balance of payments, theories of balance of payments, parity conditions, models of exchange rate determination, forward-looking market instruments (forward, futures, and options markets), Eurocurrency markets, and financial crises.

Faculty of Economic at The University of Tokyo 2210: International Trade and Finance Summer Moto.ITOH This course covers an advanced level of international trade theories for undergraduate students.

ECON6033 Corporate Finance General Information This course focuses on financial decisions in the modern corporation. The basic topics to be covered include: capital budgeting, cost of capital, capital structure, dividend policy, public offerings, and incentives and contacting problems. There will also be some treatment of mergers and acquisitions, and corporate governance. The course objective is to integrate these various topics into standard theories of risk and return, and the valuation of assets in order to provide a theoretical framework for considering corporate finance problems and issues, with an understanding of how it applies to the real world.

ECON6017 Financial Economics General Information This course is a survey of capital and investment theories, which are the basis of the analysis of finance. Topics include: Fisher's separation theorem, investment theory and some investment econometrics, expected utility theory, portfolio selection, and other applications, intertemporal models with uncertainty and transaction costs. ECON6031

Faculty of Economic at The University of Tokyo 4028: Special Topics on International Trade Summer Mukunoki This course provides lectures on standard and advanced theories of International Trade. The topics include traditional trade theory, international trade under imperfect competition, trade and FDI with firm heterogeneity, normative analysis of trade policies, and so on.

ECON6010 Monetary Policy: Theory and Practice General Information This course traces the evolution of central banks over the last 200 years from primitive financial clearing-houses to promoters of macroeconomic stability and growth as a natural progression as policy-makers sought to combat various challenges to macroeconomic stability, such as inflation and systemic financial risk. The course will discuss different monetary policy regimes, including currency boards and inflation targeting, and the inherent trade-offs between them, focusing especially on the importance of credibility and expectations. Optimal monetary policy design and the monetary transmission mechanism will also be covered.

MFIN7007A Economics for Financial Analysis 1 Luk, Y.F. General Information This module provides the foundation in economics that is essential in financial analysis. The major topics include microeconomics, macroeconomics and international economics: consumer choice, costs and the supply of goods and services, competitive market structure, the role of government in the economy, national income accounting, business cycles, aggregate demand/supply, fiscal and monetary policies, the level and structure of interest rates, the role of expectations in economic analysis, economic growth, comparative advantages and international trade, international finance and foreign exchange markets. Appropriate references will be made to current issues in Hong Kong, the

FINA0805 Real estate finance Semester : 2 For Student of Year : 2 & 3 An introduction to real estate economics, mortgage market, real estate auctions in Hong Kong, pre-sale market in Hong Kong, pricing of land and residential/commercial properties, mortgage-backed securities and mortgage company.

ECON6007 Industrial Organization General Information This course covers alternative forms of economic organizations, including the contractual nature of the firm, the meaning of monopoly and patent rights, the extraction of consumer surplus, and the purpose of integration and franchise arrangements. Government regulations will be discussed whenever appropriate.