SFB13102 Globale markeder og institusjoner (Høst 2006)

Emnet er tilknyttet følgende studieprogram

Compulsory for Bachelor students in International Business, elective for other Bachelor-programme students Obligatorisk for BOKAD-studenter med profilering i internasjonal økonomi, valgfritt emne for andre studenter.

Forkunnskapskrav utover opptakskrav

Foundation courses in economics and finance and computer literacy. Grunnleggende kunnskaper i samfunnsøkonomi eller statsvitenskap og basis IT-kunnskaper.

Undervisningssemester

Autumn semester. Høstsemester.

Innhold

Introduction; globalisation and the financial sector

Understanding financial markets: the government securities market, the debt market, the equity market

Financial intermediaries: the banking sector and nonbanking finance, insurance and pension funds.

Why and how the financial system is regulated and controlled. International governance - in search for ethical finance?

Undervisnings- og læringsformer

Lectures, group work, presentations, term papers, discussion. Teaching and learning in this course is basically group-centred, with frequent use of web-based information on current problems to be used in cases. Details on teaching and learning are given in a separate note 'Teaching and learning concept in GMI'. The language of instruction is English.

Arbeidskrav - vilkår for å avlegge eksamen

Two group presentations must be submitted and approved before signing up for the final examination.

Eksamen

Three hours written exam.

Litteratur

Kohn, Meir G. (2004). Financial Institutions and Markets. 2nd ed. Oxford University Press. 674 s.

Supplementary text books:

Mishkin, Frederic S. (2004). The Economics of Money, Banking and Financial Markets. 7th ed., Pearson/Addison Wesley.

Hubbard, R. Glenn (2002). Money, the Financial System and the Economy. 4th ed. Pearsons Education.