Macroeconomics

Asignatura del Bachelor's Degree in International Business and Marketing

Información académica

Code:
41301

Créditos:
6 ECTS

Language:
Catalan / Spanish

Type of subject: Core

Description

Macroeconomic variables: product, income and inflation. Savings, investment and interest rates. Public sector and fiscal policy. Money and monetary policy.

Learning Outcomes

Understand the relationship between individual decisions and macroeconomic results based on both economic agents’ decisions and the influence of the macroeconomic environment on agents’ behaviour.

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Lecturer Role

Joan Ribas

Head of Studies

Qualifications:

PhD in Economics (UPF)

Biography:

Joan Ribas Tur has been a lecturer and academic coordinator at ESCI-UPF since 2009. He has a PhD and master’s degree in Economics from UPF and a bachelor’s degree in Economic and Business Sciences from UAB. He teaches and carries out research in the areas of macroeconomics, international economics, environmental economics and culture and tourism economics. He previously taught at UAO-CEU, UPF and UdG. He is a member of the Research in International Studies and Economics (RISE) research group.

Cristina Vinyes Pinto

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Qualifications:

B.A Mathematics - Arizona State University
Master of Science in Applied Economics - University of Minnesota
PhD Applied Economics - University of Minnesota

Biography:

I have a PhD in Applied Economics from the University of Minnesota in the US, where I also have a master’s degree. I graduated with a degree in economics and math from Arizona State University in the US, specializing in international business. Currently, apart from teaching at ESCI, I also do it at the UAB for foreign students and I work as a consultant for the European Commission, where I worked with genes from all over Europe. My area of specialization is international trade.