SFB12502 Globale markeder og institusjoner (Høst 2009)

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Compulsory for bachelor students enrolled on the International Business Programme and for students in on the business administration programme specialising in international business.
Optional for students on other study programmes/bachelor programmes.

Forkunnskapskrav utover opptakskrav

The course builds on introduction courses in economics and finance, claims good computer literacy.

Foundation courses in economics and finance and computer literacy.

Undervisningssemester

Autumn semester.

Innhold

-    Overview of the financial system
-    Understanding financial markets - the money markets, bond market, FOREX
-    Financial institutions: the banking sector and non-banking sector
-    Why and how the financial system is regulated and controlled
-    The financial crisis and its consequences in a global economy

Undervisnings- og læringsformer

Lectures, group presentations, discussions. Teaching and learning is basically group centered with established groups. There are scheduled compulsory tutorials and classes, apart from self-initiated consultations and self-initiated cooperation.

Arbeidskrav - vilkår for å avlegge eksamen

Group presentation and its paper version and a term paper must be submitted and approved before signing up for the final examination.

Eksamen

A 4-hour individual written examination. Aids permitted: a mother tongue-English/English-mother tongue dictionary. Grades: A-F.

Litteratur

Mishkin, Frederic S, Eakins, Stanley G (2009). Financial Markets & Institutions, 6th ed., Boston: Pearson
Prentice Hall.
Supplementary text books:
•    Kohn, Meir G (2004). Financial Institutions and Markets. 2nd ed. Oxford Press. 674 pages. ¨
•    Howells, Peter & Keith Bain (2007). Financial Markets and Institutions. 5th ed. FT and Prentice Hall
•    Howells, Peter & Keith Bain (2005). The Economics of Money, Banking and Finance. 3rd ed. FT Prentice Hall. 602 pa.
•    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.