KTTS4110 Principles of Banking (5 cr)

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Study level:
Advanced studies
Grading scale:
0-5
Language:
English
Responsible organisation:
Jyväskylä University School of Business and Economics
Curriculum periods:
2017-2018, 2018-2019, 2019-2020

Description

Content

The concepts of money, banking and financial markets, financial institutions, new forms of financial intermediation, market structures, competition, co-operative and relationship banking as special cases, banking and financial crises, monetary policy transmission, regulation, macro-prudential policies, economic growth and financial stability

Completion methods

Contact teaching course, autumn semester, 1st period. The study methods of the contact teaching course are specified in the study program annually.

Assessment details

Accepted completion of the designated assignments. The assessment criteria of the course is specified in the study program annually.

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of the course, the students
• know the specific characters of banks as firms
• are familiar with the role of banks as financial intermediaries in the overall economy
• understand the monetary policy transmission mechanism during normal and crisis periods
• recognize the forms of regulation and its effects on banking and economy as a whole

Additional information

Recommended timing for BIF students: 1st year.
Recommended timing for Finnish M.Sc. degree students: 3rd or 4th year.

Study materials

Lecture notes and all the other relevant material distributed through Optima

Literature

  • Mishkin, F.S., 2016. ‘Economics of Money, Banking and Financial Markets, 11th ed.; ISBN: 978-1292094182

Completion methods

Method 1

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Teaching (5 cr)

Type:
Participation in teaching
Grading scale:
0-5
Language:
English

Teaching