FIN312 – Banking and Financial Intermediation
(Ozyegin University, Fall 2014 onwards)
Course Instructor
Course Description: This course aims to introduce the student to the inner workings of financial intermediation with a large emphasis on commercial banking. We start with a brief overview of the history of financial intermediation and an analysis of the roles that each type of intermediary performs in the marketplace. We then move on to an in-depth analysis of commercial banking. We cover such topics as how banks raise and place funds, the types of risks that they face and how they manage them, how and why they are regulated, and current trends in banking. We also devote a significant portion of the course to the analysis of the 2008 global financial crisis.
Textbooks:
- Saunders and Cornett, “Financial Markets and Institutions”, International Edition 5, 2012 McGraw-Hill/Irwin.
- A.N. Berger, Ph. Molyneux & J.O.S. Wilson (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Banking, Oxford University Press, 2012, ISBN 978-0-19-964093-5, paperback version, selected chapters.
ECON203 – Money and Banking
(Ozyegin University, Fall 2014 onwards)
Course Instructor
Course Description: The course is designed to provide a basic understanding of the money and the banking system. After a brief overview about the building blocks of macroeconomy, the course will focus on key macroeconomic variables of interest and how they are determined. In the second part of the course, the banking system and the financial markets will be examined in details. Within this context the interactions of the financial institutions, the effects of monetary policy changes on the financial markets and the global financial system will be analyzed in details.Since the global financial crisis has significantly changed the global financial system and the scope of monetary policy, the last section of the course will focus on the global financial crisis, the new challenges in the aftermath of the global financial crisis.
Textbooks:
- The Economics of Money, Banking, and Financial Markets (M) by Frederic S. Mishkin, 10th edition, 2012.
30L306 – The Economics of Banking and Finance
(Tilburg University, Spring 2013 and 2014)
Teaching assistant
Syllabus
Course Description: The course is about the role of the financial system in general and banks in specific for the modern market economy. We will discuss how the financial system can contribute to the operation and growth of the economy but also the causes of the recent crisis. We will discuss the need for regulation and supervision and the optimal structure thereof. Risk management of financial institutions will be discussed. Throughout the course, we will refer to current policy debates. These, for instance, relate to bank activities, bank size, bank internationalization and the trade-off between bank regulation and taxation. In TA sessions financial development and economic growth literature is introduced together with a discussion of the role of government in finance.
Textbooks:
- A.N. Berger, Ph. Molyneux & J.O.S. Wilson (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Banking, Oxford University Press, 2012, ISBN 978-0-19-964093-5, paperback version, selected chapters.
EC 205 – Macroeconomics I
(Bogazici University Summer School 2013)
Course Instructor
Syllabus
Course Description: This course is an intermediate course on macroeconomics. The aim of the course is to introduce the concepts that are used to analyze macroeconomic problems and policies. The focus will be on theory with some applications. Specifically, we will focus on the short run and long run macroeconomic behavior of a closed economy as well as the role of expectations and policy making.
Textbooks:
- Mankiw, N.G. “Macroeconomics”, Eighth Edition, Worth Publishers, 2012
EC 489.01 – Special Topics in Economics: Macroeconomics
(Bogazici University Summer School 2011 and 2012)
Course Instructor
Syllabus
Course Description: The course covers various topics in macroeconomics through applications from intermediate and advanced level topics and is designed to provide students with the essential background and tools for graduate level study in macroeconomics. The first part of the course provides a general review of intermediate macroeconomic topics covering basic macroeconomic concepts and tools. The second part will mainly focus to mathematical tools for advanced macroeconomics and their application to selected topics.
Textbooks:
- Mankiw, N.G. “Macroeconomics”, Sixth Edition, Worth Publishers, 2007 (Intermediate Level Textbook)
- Simon, C. P. and L. Blume “Mathematics for Economists”, W.W. Norton & Company Press
- Stokey,N. Lucas, R. And Prescott, E. “Recursive Methods in Economic Dynamics”, Harvard University Press, 1989
(Ozyegin University, Fall 2014 onwards)
Course Instructor
Course Description: This course aims to introduce the student to the inner workings of financial intermediation with a large emphasis on commercial banking. We start with a brief overview of the history of financial intermediation and an analysis of the roles that each type of intermediary performs in the marketplace. We then move on to an in-depth analysis of commercial banking. We cover such topics as how banks raise and place funds, the types of risks that they face and how they manage them, how and why they are regulated, and current trends in banking. We also devote a significant portion of the course to the analysis of the 2008 global financial crisis.
Textbooks:
- Saunders and Cornett, “Financial Markets and Institutions”, International Edition 5, 2012 McGraw-Hill/Irwin.
- A.N. Berger, Ph. Molyneux & J.O.S. Wilson (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Banking, Oxford University Press, 2012, ISBN 978-0-19-964093-5, paperback version, selected chapters.
ECON203 – Money and Banking
(Ozyegin University, Fall 2014 onwards)
Course Instructor
Course Description: The course is designed to provide a basic understanding of the money and the banking system. After a brief overview about the building blocks of macroeconomy, the course will focus on key macroeconomic variables of interest and how they are determined. In the second part of the course, the banking system and the financial markets will be examined in details. Within this context the interactions of the financial institutions, the effects of monetary policy changes on the financial markets and the global financial system will be analyzed in details.Since the global financial crisis has significantly changed the global financial system and the scope of monetary policy, the last section of the course will focus on the global financial crisis, the new challenges in the aftermath of the global financial crisis.
Textbooks:
- The Economics of Money, Banking, and Financial Markets (M) by Frederic S. Mishkin, 10th edition, 2012.
30L306 – The Economics of Banking and Finance
(Tilburg University, Spring 2013 and 2014)
Teaching assistant
Syllabus
Course Description: The course is about the role of the financial system in general and banks in specific for the modern market economy. We will discuss how the financial system can contribute to the operation and growth of the economy but also the causes of the recent crisis. We will discuss the need for regulation and supervision and the optimal structure thereof. Risk management of financial institutions will be discussed. Throughout the course, we will refer to current policy debates. These, for instance, relate to bank activities, bank size, bank internationalization and the trade-off between bank regulation and taxation. In TA sessions financial development and economic growth literature is introduced together with a discussion of the role of government in finance.
Textbooks:
- A.N. Berger, Ph. Molyneux & J.O.S. Wilson (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Banking, Oxford University Press, 2012, ISBN 978-0-19-964093-5, paperback version, selected chapters.
EC 205 – Macroeconomics I
(Bogazici University Summer School 2013)
Course Instructor
Syllabus
Course Description: This course is an intermediate course on macroeconomics. The aim of the course is to introduce the concepts that are used to analyze macroeconomic problems and policies. The focus will be on theory with some applications. Specifically, we will focus on the short run and long run macroeconomic behavior of a closed economy as well as the role of expectations and policy making.
Textbooks:
- Mankiw, N.G. “Macroeconomics”, Eighth Edition, Worth Publishers, 2012
EC 489.01 – Special Topics in Economics: Macroeconomics
(Bogazici University Summer School 2011 and 2012)
Course Instructor
Syllabus
Course Description: The course covers various topics in macroeconomics through applications from intermediate and advanced level topics and is designed to provide students with the essential background and tools for graduate level study in macroeconomics. The first part of the course provides a general review of intermediate macroeconomic topics covering basic macroeconomic concepts and tools. The second part will mainly focus to mathematical tools for advanced macroeconomics and their application to selected topics.
Textbooks:
- Mankiw, N.G. “Macroeconomics”, Sixth Edition, Worth Publishers, 2007 (Intermediate Level Textbook)
- Simon, C. P. and L. Blume “Mathematics for Economists”, W.W. Norton & Company Press
- Stokey,N. Lucas, R. And Prescott, E. “Recursive Methods in Economic Dynamics”, Harvard University Press, 1989
