Financial crisis

• CFU 3, 3(m)
• Prerequisiti

  elementary notion of macroeconomics and monetary economics.

• Obiettivi formativi

  The course aims at giving an applied account of the recen financial crisis and of the
  economic policies means used to overcome them. The focus is on the big financial
  crisis started in the us in 2007 and on the tools used by the central banks.

• Programma del corso

  1)Description of the evolution of the markets and of financial instruments in the last
  decade.
  2)examples to understand why certain financial derivatives have been used in the past
  and the consequences of their use for financial and macroeocnomci stability.
  3) the debate on th elende of last resort funcion of the central bank
  4) unconventional monetray policies

• Altre informazioni / materiali aggiuntivi

  The program consists of parts of reports (like for example the Financial Stability Report by the International Monetary Fund) which describe the evolution of financial crises, and of a selection ( by the student) of essays on the themes of the course, namely financial crises and proposals of reforms. The list of essays, among which a choice must be made, will be distributed during the lessons.

• Metodi didattici
  • Lessons open to interactive participation by students
    
    seminars
• Modalità di valutazione
  • written exam consisting of questions to be answered on the essays or book chapters
    in the program.
• Lingue, oltre all'italiano, che possono essere utilizzate per l'attività didattica

  inglese

• Lingue, oltre all'italiano, che si intende utilizzare per la valutazione

  inglese

MATERIALI DIDATTICI