BUS 602 Theories of Financial Market and Institutions

This is an advanced course on Theories and Development of Financial Market and Institutions. This course will cover topics on Early Capital Markets and Bubbles, Early Money, Bimetallism and the Rise of the Gold Standard, European Financial Markets in the 19th Century, Early US Financial Development, Origins of Central Banking, International Currencies, Financial Integration in Historical Perspective, Financial Liberalization and Repression, The Political Economy of Capital Mobility , Financial Crises: Theory, Indicators and Some Empirical Evidence, the Great Depression, the Great Recession and Monetary Policy and Financial Regulation and Supervision