MoneyFin Dev/Globalized World

3 Credits · Level: Graduate

The course will assess the long-term mechanics of household, enterprise and national finance as well as financial behavior and policy choices across business cycles. There will be specific coverage of the core issues in micro-finance and other targeted lending, informal finance, shadow banking, and managing financial stability in today's integrated financial markets. At the end of the course, students should have a solid understanding of monetary and financial policies and choices in the context of today's globalized financial markets. We will examine current evidence-based policymaking directed at increasing financial depth, diversification, inclusion and stability in both developed and developing countries. Undergraduate-level economics is a prerequisite.