Importance of the role of the lender of last resort
Role played by regulation, liquidity and credit constraints
Extent to which monetary expansion underpins such crises
To enable students to:
Evaluate the economic cost of such crises
Appreciate how, in given time periods, policy responses may or may not have been appropriate
Module learning outcomes
On completing the module, students will have a clearer understanding of the:
Recurrent nature of financial crises
Nature and causes of speculative booms
Importance of the role of the lender of last resort
Role played by regulation, liquidity and credit constraints
Extent to which monetary expansion underpins such crises
Economic cost of such crises, and
How, in given time periods, policy responses may or may not have been appropriate
Indicative assessment
Task
% of module mark
Online Exam -less than 24hrs (Centrally scheduled)
100
Special assessment rules
None
Indicative reassessment
Task
% of module mark
Online Exam -less than 24hrs (Centrally scheduled)
100
Module feedback
Feedback will be given in line with University guidelines
Indicative reading
Carmen M. Reinhart & Kenneth S. Rogoff. This Time Is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2009.
Charles P. Kindleberger and Robert Z. Aliber. 2011. Manias, panics and crashes : a history of financial crises. 6th Edition. Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.