Learning objectives
The students will be given the opportunity to understand the main phenomena related to both the financial and the credit market, and the causes underlying the main changes in the different activity yields. They will then judge the effectiveness of the various interventions the ECB and the Fed implemented to overcome the financial crisis and stabilize the real economy.
Prerequisites
micro and macroeconomics
Course unit content
Money demand, interest rates, credit market, ECB and Fed.
Full programme
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Bibliography
G.B.Pittaluga, “Economia Monetaria”, quarta edizione, Hoepli, 2012; Dispense per il corso di Enonomia e politica monetaria - 2 modulo - a.a 2012/13
Teaching methods
classroom lectures
Assessment methods and criteria
written examination
Other information
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