SFB12502 Globale markeder og institusjoner (Høst 2008)

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Compulsory for Bachelor students in International Business, elective for other Bachelor-programme students.

Forkunnskapskrav utover opptakskrav

Foundation courses in economics and finance and computer literacy.

Undervisningssemester

Autumn semester.

Innhold

Introduction; globalisation and the financial sector
Understanding financial markets: the debt market, the equity market.
Financial intermediaries: the banking sector and nonbanking finance.
Why and how the financial system is regulated and controlled.
International financial system - organisations and governance
Labour market and migration.

Undervisnings- og læringsformer

Lectures, group presentations and discussions. Teaching and learning in this course is basically group-centred, in established groups, with scheduled mandatory classes, consultations and self-initiated meetings. The textbooks are supplemented with veritable web-based current information, relevant for cases and taught subjects.

Arbeidskrav - vilkår for å avlegge eksamen

Two group presentations must be submitted and approved before signing up for the final examination. Additionally, an individual term paper has to be submitted and approved.

Eksamen

Four hours written individual examination. Aids allowed: Mother tongue - English - mother tongue dictionary. Grades: A-F.

Litteratur

Peter Howells and Keith Bain (2007). Financial markets and institutions. 5th ed. Harlow: FT Prentice Hall. 432 s.

Supplementary text books:
Kohn, Meir G. (2004). Financial Institutions and Markets. 2nd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 674 s.
Howells, Peter, Bain, Keith (2005) The Economics of Money, Banking and Finance, 3^rd ed.,FT Prentice Hall, 602 s.

Casu, Barbara, Girardone, Claudia, Molyneux, Philip (2006) Introduction to Banking, FT Prentice Hall, 526 s.
Mishkin, Frederic S. (2006). The Economics of Money, Banking and Financial Markets. 8th ed. Boston: Addison Wesley.
Hubbard, R. Glenn (2007). Money, the Financial System and the Economy. 6th ed. Boston: Pearson/Addison-Wesley.