Economics

Globalization and Financial Crises(ECON458)

Course Code Course Name Semester Theory Practice Lab Credit ECTS
ECON458 Globalization and Financial Crises 8 3 3 3 3 5
Prerequisites
Admission Requirements
Language of Instruction French
Course Type Elective
Course Level Bachelor Degree
Course Instructor(s) Sevgi GENCAY İNECİ sineci@gsu.edu.tr (Email)
Assistant
Objective This course introduces students to the key theoretical approaches for understanding the relationship between globalization and financial crises.
Content Undergraduate programme
Course Learning Outcomes By the end of this course students wil be eable,
• identify business cycles by using leading indicators,
• establish a link between business cycles and financial crises,
• understand the influence of financial liberalisation on weak banking system,
• understand the reasons for recurrences of financial crises,
• learn about the international banking regulations concerning weak banking system (Basel I: II,III).
Teaching and Learning Methods Theoretical
References Course document and selected articles
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Theory Topics
Week Weekly Contents
1 Introduction: Financial Globalization
2 Business cycles, identification of the cycles, deterministic and stochastic interpretation
3 Theory of the “ real conjectural cycles
4 Exchange rate Crises and Macroeconomic vulnerability: First generation crises, second generation crises and third generation crises
5 The Developing Country Debt Problems: Origin of debt crisis, structural characteristics of the indebted countries, capital flight.
6 Case Studies: financial globalization and crises: Banking and financial Crises,
7 The 1987 Crisis and Banking Panic: Contagion effect.
8 Financial Crises on Emerging Economies:
9 The 1997 Asian Crisis and 1998 Russian Crisis.
10 Latin American Crisis.
11 The Global Credit Crisis (2008-2009
12 Reforms on International Financial Systems: Basel I, Basel II..,
13 Crisis Management and International Interventions.
14 Students Homework Presentations.
Practice Topics
Week Weekly Contents
Contribution to Overall Grade
  Number Contribution
Contribution of in-term studies to overall grade 1 50
Contribution of final exam to overall grade 1 50
Toplam 2 100
In-Term Studies
  Number Contribution
Assignments 5 10
Assignments 2 5
Presentation 5 10
Presentation 10 0
Midterm Examinations (including preparation) 1 5
Midterm Examinations (including preparation) 1 6
Other Applications 2 5
Seminar 1 1
Other 1 1
Toplam 28 43
No Program Learning Outcomes Contribution
1 2 3 4 5
Activities Number Period Total Workload
Class Hours 14 3 42
Working Hours out of Class 14 2 28
Assignments 1 2 2
Presentation 10 3 30
Midterm Examinations (including preparation) 1 4 4
Other Applications 2 2 4
Final Examinations (including preparation) 1 8 8
Other 2 6 12
Total Workload 130
Total Workload / 25 5,20
Credits ECTS 5
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