ECON30380 History and Economics of Financial Crises

Academic Year 2020/2021

*** Not available in the academic year indicated above ***

This module aims to describe and understand financial crises from the seventeenth century until the twenty-first. It combines therefore a mix of economic history with financial economics and macroeconomics. As well as stock market crashes and bank collapses, the course will consider more slowly unfolding episodes such as the gold standard during the inter-war period and the similar Eurozone crisis since 2008.

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Learning Outcomes:

By the end of the course the student willl have acquired two things. First, a detailed knowledge of the main financial crises of the last four hundred years. Secondly, a knowledge of the models used to understand how such crises occur and how they can be managed.

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

24

Autonomous Student Learning

80

Total

104

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Attend lectures and do the readings. 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Incompatibles:
FIN30260 - History of Financial Crises


 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Examination: < Description > 2 hour End of Trimester Exam No Graded No

100


Carry forward of passed components
No
 
Resit In Terminal Exam
Autumn Yes - 2 Hour
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
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