- Docente: Paola Brighi
- Credits: 6
- SSD: SECS-P/11
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Rimini
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Business Administration and Management (cod. 8842)
Learning outcomes
This course gives an overview of financial markets, financial institutions, and financial authorities. Specific topics include: the supply of and demand for loan funds, securities, and bonds. Emphasis is placed upon the economic effects of financial institutions and markets upon various sectors of the economy. We will outline the institutional structure of financial intermediation and the concerns facing the regulators and managers of these institutions.
Course contents
Course contents
Why Study Financial Markets and Institutions.
The role and the functions of banks in the financial system.
Why Do Financial Institutions Exist?
Why Do Financial Crises Occur and Why Are They So Damaging to the Economy?
Conduct of Monetary Policy: Tools, Goals, Strategy, and Tactics.
Banking and the Management of Financial Institutions
Risk and Financial Regulation
Banking Industry: Structure and Competition
Readings/Bibliography
Readings/Bibliography:
Mishkin & Eakins, Financial Markets and Institutions, Pearson Ed., Chapters 1-2-5-7-9-10-3-4-8-18 and Appendix to Ch. 4
Casu, Girardone & Molyneux, Introduction to Banking, Pearson Ed. - Chapters 1-2-5-6.3-7-8
Bank of Italy – Annual report, www.bancaditalia.it - Sections 5&6
Teaching methods
ppt and classroom discussion
Assessment methods
written exam
Office hours
See the website of Paola Brighi