Bachelor
2019/2020
The Global Financial Crisis
Type:
Elective course (World Economy)
Area of studies:
Economics
Delivered by:
School of World Economy
When:
2 year, 4 module
Mode of studies:
distance learning
Language:
English
ECTS credits:
3
Contact hours:
2
Course Syllabus
Abstract
Former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Timothy F. Geithner and Professor Andrew Metrick survey the causes, events, policy responses, and aftermath of the recent global financial crisis. Students will gain the following skills: Crisis, Global Financing Crisis, Financial Markets, Financial Crisis. It is an online course.
Learning Objectives
- To provide the students with the knowledge of Global Financing Crisis, Financial Markets and Financial Crisis
Expected Learning Outcomes
- Describes the diffrences between crisis, financial crisis and global financing crisis
Course Contents
- Introduction to The Global Financial Crisis; The Common Causes of Financial Crises
- The Eurozone Crisis
- Europe in the Global Financial Crisis
- Responding to Future Crises
- Our Responses to the Crisis
- Panic
- Anxiety, Part II
- Anxiety, Part I
- The Housing Crisis
- Safe Assets and the Global Savings Glut
- Housing and Mortgages
Interim Assessment
- Interim assessment (4 module)0.09 * Test 1 + 0.09 * Test 10 + 0.1 * Test 11 + 0.09 * Test 2 + 0.09 * Test 3 + 0.09 * Test 4 + 0.09 * Test 5 + 0.09 * Test 6 + 0.09 * Test 7 + 0.09 * Test 8 + 0.09 * Test 9
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- Financial markets and corporate strategy, Grinblatt, M., 2002
- Financial markets and institutions, Mishkin, F. S., 2018
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- The economics of money, banking, and financial markets, Mishkin, F. S., 2001
- The Russian Financial Crisis: Why was the Rouble Devaluation accompanied by Sovereign Debt Default?, Shpringel, V.K., 2005