Academic Bulletin 2024-2025 
    
    Jul 12, 2025  
Academic Bulletin 2024-2025 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

ECON 577 - Topics in Banking and Finance


Credits: 4
An examination of selected topics in banking and finance and their relation to the macroeconomy. Issues studied include asset price bubbles, efficient market hypotheses, the changing nature of banking from commercial to securitized banking, financialization and its relation to inequality, financial crises, regulating the financial system, debt growth, and Minsky’s financial instability hypothesis. Students choose topics for their senior projects.

Distribution Requirements: none.