KTTS4110 Principles of Banking (5 cr)

Study level:
Advanced studies
Grading scale:
0-5
Language:
English
Responsible organisation:
Jyväskylä University School of Business and Economics
Curriculum periods:
2024-2025, 2025-2026, 2026-2027, 2027-2028

Description

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

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 Moodle

Literature

  • Mishkin, F.S. 2018. Economics of Money, Banking and Financial Markets. 12th Global ed.; ISBN: 978-1292268859

Completion methods

Method 1

Evaluation criteria:
Mandatory exam, two home assignments
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Parts of the completion methods
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Teaching (5 cr)

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

Teaching