International Capital Flows - Equilibrium, Regulation, Crises, Instruments 2400-PL3SL069B
Course coordinator offers help in preparation of a dissertation that includes itself in the following scientifical areas – but own proposals will be appreciated and probably accepted as well:
1. International financial system
1.1. European Monetary System, Euro Zone.
1.2. Capital account liberalisation.
1.3. Banking sector deformations and its regulation
2. Financial market crises
2.1. Currency crises
2.2. Banking crises
2.3. Debt crises
2.4. Asset market crises (e.g. mortgage loans crises)
3. FX market equilibrium
3.1. Equilibrium models for currencies
3.2. FX market and money market
4. Balance of payments, fiscal and monetary policy in open ceconomy
5. Derivatives: theory and practice
5.1. Arbitrage and speculation. Derivatives in work.
6. Stock markets - booms and collapses.
7. Tax evasion, transfer pricing, money laudering
Type of course
Prerequisites (description)
Course coordinators
Learning outcomes
The student will be interested in different aspects of finance. The student will be able to prepare of a valuable and interesting BA dissertation.
Knowledge:
1. Student has knowledge about the rules of academic writing and understands how to eliminate plagiarism.
2. Student knows the methods of preparing and analysing financial data and collecting necessary information.
3. Student is familiar with economic theories that are useful in preparation of BA thesis
Competencies:
1. Student is able to collect and analyse data and information for BA research using Internet, libraries and other sources of knowledge. Student can formulate research problems and hypotheses. He/she is able to indicate economic theories to interpret economic changes. Student is able to prepare presentation that fulfills all requirements.
2. Student is able to prepare an oral presentation about BA research.
3. Student is able to use the knowledge gained during studies to solve research problems.
Social competencies:
1. Student is able to find out data and information single-handedly and then properly analyse them. Student is able to formulate the research hypotheses and prepare the BA thesis
2. Student is prepared for the public presentations, discussions and critical discussion of others’ opinions. Student is conscious of the lifetime-learning process.
3. Student is prepared to use the knowledge gained during course in practice.
KW01, KW02, KW03, KU01, KU02, KW03, KK01, KK02, KK03
Assessment criteria
First semester: short essay on selected topic, next semester - BA dissertation.
Bibliography
Caves R.E., Frankel Jeffrey A.,Jones R.W. [1998], Handel i finanse międzynarodowe, PWE
Czekaj J. et al. [2008], Rynki, instrumenty i instytucje finansowe, WN PWN, WarszawaDębski W. [2002], Rynek finansowy i jego mechanizmy, PWN
Gruszczyński M. [2002], Kryzysy walutowe a liberalizacja. obrotów kapitałowych, PWN
Małecki W., Sławiński A. et al. [2001], Kryzysy walutowe, PWN.
Mishkin F. [2002], Ekonomika pieniądza, bankowości i rynków finansowych, PWN
Pietrzak B. et al. [2008], System finansowy w Polsce, WN PWN, Warszawa
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