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Economics and business administration (Academic Year 2021/2022) - Business management

Monetary economics


Credits: 9
Content language:English
Course description

The course of Monetary Economics provides students with the basic tools necessary to understand what the financial system does, how it works and its link with real economy. The first part of the course will deal with the definition and functioning of the financial system and will explain the relation between interest rates, time and risk. The second part of the course will be devoted to analysis of Central Banks and monetary policy. The third part will present and discuss the main economic theories behind modern monetary policy. Students attending the course will be able to understand the reasons for monetary policies implemented in the main Regions of the World and the challenges arising from the changing nature of financial markets.

Prerequisites
Economics
Objectives

Students attending the course will be able to understand the reasons for monetary policies implemented in the main Regions of the World and the challenges arising from the changing nature of financial markets.

Program

The first part of the course will deal with the definition and functioning of the financial system and will explain the relation between interest rates, time and risk. The second part of the course will be devoted to analysis of Central Banks and monetary policy. The third part will present and discuss the main economic theories behind modern monetary policy.

Video-lessons will be integrated with self-evaluation exercises, problem sets (4) and active classes (5)

Book

Cecchetti S.G., Schenholtz K.L. (2017). Money, Banking, and Financial Markets, 5th edition. McGraw-Hill.

Exercises

The exercises and questions loaded in correspondence of the lessons are to be considered self-report nature. They have no value for the purpose of admission to the examination and should not be delivered to the tutor. Problem sets loaded in correspondence of lessons 4, 7, 11 and 15 are for submission purpose. In order to be admitted to the exam students must complete and send to the instructor at least two out of four problems sets.

Professor/Tutor responsible for teaching
Lorenzo Dorato
Video professors
Prof. Piero Esposito - Istituto Nazionale per la Valutazione delle Politiche Pubbliche (INAPP) LUISS School of European Political Economy (Italia)
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