Money and Banking

Money and Banking

Course ID:

ECO_482

Semester: 8th

Year of Study:

For Erasmus Students:

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course the student will be able to:

  • Think critically and creatively in regards to monetary policy and the role of central banks so as to be able to bring monetary policy into practice through the ability of identifying assumptions, detecting false logic or reasoning and understanding the limitations of generalizations derived from monetary policy theories.
  • Solve complex problems in a monetary policy context and use appropriate financial techniques in order to make decisions from various options.
  • Understand, develop and use relevant monetary policy models.
  • Look at academic research on monetary policy and finance in a critical way either individually or as part of a team.
  • Communicate complex monetary and financial information orally and in writing through the effective use of computer information technology.

Course Contents

  • Introduction to Money and the Financial System
  • Money, Payments System, Financial Instruments, Markets and Institutions
  • Interest rate setting and interest rate structure
  • Contract Theory, Information Asymmetry and interest rate setting
  • Exercise of Monetary Policy and the Role of Central Banks
  • Money Supply and Monetary Policy Tools.
  • Money Demand
  • Theory of Monetary Transmission Mechanism
  • Financial Innovation, Market Regulation, and Financial Market Efficiency
  • Modern Monetary Policy

Teaching Activities

Lectures (3 hours per week) and Tutorials (1 hour per week)

Teaching Organization

Activity

Semester workload

Lectures, 3 hours per week

13X3 = 39 hours

Tutorials, 1 hour per week

13X1 = 13 hours

Work at home

98 hours

Total number of hours for the Course (25 hours of work-load per ECTS credit)

150 hours (total student work-load)

Assessment

Final written exam

Mid-term exam and project-presentation (optional)

Use of ICT

Final written exam

Teaching Hours: 4

ECTS Credits: 6

Teaching Credits: 3

Weight: 1.5

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General Competences: Search, analysis and synthesis of facts and information, as well as using the necessary technologies , Adaptation to new situations, Decision making, Group work, Exercise of criticism and self-criticism , Promotion of free, creative and inductive thinking

Associate Professor
Ταγκαλάκης Αθανάσιος

Γνωστικό Αντικείμενο: Macroeconomics

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