Coursebooks

Financial Institutions (2017)

FIN-621

Lecturer(s) :

Rochet Jean-Charles

Language:

English

Frequency

Every year

Remark

This course takes place at UNIGE - see schedule

Summary

This course presents the microeconomic approach to banking

Content

1. Banks as liquidity providers

2. Lending and Monitoring

3. Design of loan contracts

4. Credit Rationing

5. Banks and Macroeconomic Fluctuations

6. Financial Crises

7. Bank Regulation: Microprudential

8. Bank Regulation: Macroprudential

Keywords

Banks, Financial Intermediaries, financial frictions

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course, the student must be able to:

• understand recent research in banking economics

Resources

Bibliography

Freixas and Rochet "Microeconomics of Banking" MIT Press (1997) 2nd Edition

Ressources en bibliothèque

• Microeconomics of Banking / Freixas