Monetary and Financial History (MFH)

Área

AC Ciências Sociais > UC Optativas

Activa nos planos curriculares

Finance > Finance > 2º Ciclo > Unidades Curriculares Optativas > Optional Course 1 > Monetary and Financial History

Nível

2º Ciclo (M)

Tipo

Não Estruturante

Regime

Semestral

Carga Horária

Aula Teórica (T): 0.0 h/semana

Aula TeoricoPrática (TP): 3.0 h/semana

Trabalho Autónomo: 121.0 h/semestre

Créditos ECTS: 6.0

Objectivos

To analyse and explain monetary and financial issues from a historical perspective in order to provide students with skills to discuss, historically and scientifically, the role of financial institutions in modern economic growth, the macroeconomic performance of exchange rate regimes, monetary unions and causes of financial crises, thereby giving them the means to explain and compare these issues.

To survey the history of monetary regimes and financial institutions in order to analyse their influence on present-day realities;

To analyse historically of how financial intermediation has affected economic growth.

Programa

1. The main Changes in the International Monetary System in the long run.

2. Monetary Unions.

3. Topics in Central Banking.

4. Financial Globalization Movements.

5. Financial Institutions and Economic Growth: The banking system and the primary and secondary equities markets.

6. Financial Crises: Institutions and markets.

Metodologia de avaliação

Comments, discussion on papers and answers to small exercises studied in classes and a final exam. The work on papers counts 50% and the exam 50%.

Bibliografia

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