Money, Banks and Financial Markets

5 Credit Points

Qualification goals

Students are expected to earn knowledge of financial market institutions and the role these institutions play in
the process of money creation and in money and financial markets. They will acquire a deeper knowledge of
the functioning of monetary policy. Students will also be able to understand the risks typically associated with
banks’ business and the necessity of bank regulation.

Content

Institutional description of money and financial systems, channels and mechanisms of monetary policy
transmission; theoretical and empirical aspects of bank risks and the bank regulation

Components and semester hours per week

Lecture (2 semester hours per week) and supplementary study class (1 semester hours per week).

Frequency

Summer semester

Examination performance

Written examination (60 minutes).