Undergraduate Course: Modelling the Financial Crisis and its Aftermath (ECNM10110)
Course Outline
| School | School of Economics |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | This course reviews models and empirical evidence relating to the financial crisis and its aftermath for students with a knowledge of economic and econometric analysis at the undergraduate level. It covers models which seek to explain why the crisis occurred as well as major policy issues arising in response to it. |
| Course description |
The course will cover a variety of topics which relate to the recent financial crisis, such as: models of bank runs, modelling incentives for why excessively risky actions are undertaken in financial markets, models of debt deflation and liquidity, understanding structural unemployment, the post-crisis macroeconomic debate about fiscal policy (theory and evidence) and monetary policy.
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Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2024/25, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 1 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture Hours 20,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 6,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
170 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
90 %,
Coursework
10 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Group Presentation - 10%
Degree Exam - 90% |
| Feedback |
Not entered |
| Exam Information |
| Exam Diet |
Paper Name |
Hours & Minutes |
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| Main Exam Diet S1 (December) | | 2:00 | |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Demonstrate a knowledge and understanding of key concepts, debates and models relating to the financial crisis, along with relevant empirical evidence on and policy implications of those models and a deeper understanding of recent research activity in some more specialised areas.
- Demonstrate research and investigative skills such as problem framing and solving and the ability to assemble and evaluate complex evidence and arguments.
- Demonstrate communication skills in order to critique, create and communicate understanding and to collaborate with and relate to others.
- Demonstrate personal effectiveness through task-management, time-management, teamwork and group interaction, dealing with uncertainty and adapting to new situations, personal and intellectual autonomy through independent learning.
- Demonstrate practical/technical skills such as, modelling skills (abstraction, logic, succinctness), qualitative and quantitative analysis and general IT literacy.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | financial crisis |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof John Hardman-Moore
Tel:
Email: John.Hardman.Moore@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mr Sean Barr
Tel: (0131 6)50 6661
Email: sean.barr@ed.ac.uk |
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