ECON 390
Financial Crises: Causes and Cures Fall 2012
Division II Writing Skills
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Financial crises have been with us for as long as banking has existed. Why are crises such a regular fixture of societies, and what can be done to prevent them, or at least reduce their cost? Topics examined include bubbles and swindles, especially when these spillover to the broader macroeconomy; the role of information in banking in normal times and in bank runs; boom-bust cycles in asset markets; international contagion; crisis resolution techniques; and the extensive history of attempts to improve regulation so as to reduce the frequency and cost of crises. Crises in developing and developed economies in the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries will be examined, and the role of political economy factors in their run-up and resolution will be featured. This course is part of the Gaudino Danger Initiative.
The Class: Format: tutorial
Limit: 10
Expected: 10
Class#: 1507
Grading: no pass/fail option, no fifth course option
Requirements/Evaluation: students will write 5-6 papers during the term, and will prepare and deliver formal comments on 5-6 papers written by other students
Extra Info: Gaudino Danger Initiative
Prerequisites: Economics 252 and 253/255
Enrollment Preferences: senior Economics majors
Distributions: Division II Writing Skills
Attributes: POEC Comparative POEC/Public Policy Courses

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