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040054 KU Banking and Financial Intermediation 1 (MA) (2021W)
Prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung
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DIGITAL
An/Abmeldung
Hinweis: Ihr Anmeldezeitpunkt innerhalb der Frist hat keine Auswirkungen auf die Platzvergabe (kein "first come, first served").
- Anmeldung von Mo 13.09.2021 09:00 bis Do 23.09.2021 12:00
- Anmeldung von Mo 27.09.2021 09:00 bis Mi 29.09.2021 12:00
- Abmeldung bis Fr 15.10.2021 23:59
Details
max. 50 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch
Lehrende
Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert
- Dienstag 05.10. 09:45 - 13:00 Digital
- Dienstag 12.10. 09:45 - 13:00 Digital
- Dienstag 19.10. 09:45 - 13:00 Digital
- Dienstag 02.11. 10:00 - 11:30 Digital
- Dienstag 09.11. 09:45 - 13:00 Digital
- Dienstag 16.11. 09:45 - 13:00 Digital
- Dienstag 23.11. 09:45 - 13:00 Digital
- Dienstag 30.11. 09:45 - 13:00 Digital
Information
Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung
Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel
The course “Financial Intermediation I” consists of 7 three hour sessions. Sessions consist of lectures, covering both theory and empirics.
What do I expect from you in class
This is an interactive course, where your active participation is required. Attendance is compulsory.
A learning area will be available in the Intranet (Moodle). There, you would find instructions for the sessions, communications, bibliography, etc. Please look at it a couple of times a week. Slides of the sessions will also be posted here, always BEFORE the class.
Laptop/tablets policy.
You are not supposed to use your laptop/tablets during case discussions. You have to be 100% focused in the discussions. You may use your laptops/tablets on the lectures/discussion sessions ONLY for academic purposes, emailing, facebooking, tweeting, chatting, skyping, internet surfing, etc. should NOT be done during classes. Engaging yourself in such activities would penalize strongly your grade on class participation.
What do I expect from you in class
This is an interactive course, where your active participation is required. Attendance is compulsory.
A learning area will be available in the Intranet (Moodle). There, you would find instructions for the sessions, communications, bibliography, etc. Please look at it a couple of times a week. Slides of the sessions will also be posted here, always BEFORE the class.
Laptop/tablets policy.
You are not supposed to use your laptop/tablets during case discussions. You have to be 100% focused in the discussions. You may use your laptops/tablets on the lectures/discussion sessions ONLY for academic purposes, emailing, facebooking, tweeting, chatting, skyping, internet surfing, etc. should NOT be done during classes. Engaging yourself in such activities would penalize strongly your grade on class participation.
Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab
Attendance is COMPULSORY. The evaluation will be based on the following items:
50% Mid-term Exam
50% Final Exam
50% Mid-term Exam
50% Final Exam
Prüfungsstoff
All lecture materials and paper presentations.
Literatur
The main reading material for the course is contained in:
• Lecture Notes
• Freixas, X. and Rochet, J.-C. (2008), Microeconomics of Banking, MIT Press.
• Gorton, G. and Winton, A. (2003), “Financial intermediation”, Handbook of the Economics of Finance, Vol. 1, 431–552.
• Greenbaum, S., Thakor A., and Boot, A. (2016), Contemporary Financial Intermediation, Elsevier Press.
• Research papers covered in the lectures.
• Lecture Notes
• Freixas, X. and Rochet, J.-C. (2008), Microeconomics of Banking, MIT Press.
• Gorton, G. and Winton, A. (2003), “Financial intermediation”, Handbook of the Economics of Finance, Vol. 1, 431–552.
• Greenbaum, S., Thakor A., and Boot, A. (2016), Contemporary Financial Intermediation, Elsevier Press.
• Research papers covered in the lectures.
Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis
Letzte Änderung: Fr 12.05.2023 00:12
This course commences with a brief theoretical foundation of intermediation theory, and then moves on to introduce students to key themes in financial intermediation such as the role of banks as delegated monitors; banks as liquidity providers; bank-borrower relationships and loan contracting; the industrial organization view of the banking systems and the reasons for regulation. The module places emphasis on the theoretical foundations of the microeconomics of banking and how these theories guide researchers to formulate empirical hypotheses and testing them in the data.
There will be one guest lecture.
Upon completing this course student should be able to:
• Understand the main functions of financial intermediaries
• Discuss the importance of these functions for the efficient resource allocation in the economy.
Course Content
Session 1: Introduction: Why are financial intermediaries useful?
Liquidity Creation by banks
Session 2: The role of banks in resolving informational frictions (delegated monitoring)
Session 3: Relationship banking: Theory and Empirics
Midterm Exam
Session 4: Introduction to the theory of bank regulation
Session 5: Fintech (by Dr. Roberto Pinto, Lancaster University) + Wrap-up and exam preparation
Session 6: PwC Guest Lecture: The Future of Banking
Final Exam