AØKK08361U Seminar: A Postmortem of the Financial Crisis

Volume 2017/2018
Education

MSc programme in Economics

The seminar is primarily for students at the MSc of Economics

Content

For some the financial crisis beginning autumn 2007 remains a conundrum. In this seminar, we try to reach some clarification. Our analysis may include:

  • The macroeconomic policies leading up to 2007

  • The financial deregulation during 00s – did the financial sector become vulnerable?

  • The (South) European sovereign debt crisis; tensions in the EMU.

  • The financial meltdown

  • Rescuing the financial industry

  • Macroeconomic policies after 2007 – demand management and/ structural reforms?

  • Differences in recovery trajectories after the crisis. What is good for Germany may not be good for all?

  • Did standard textbook economic theory and policy prove to be inadequate?

  • How and why were macroeconomic forecasts leading up to the crisis so wrong?

  • The financial reregulation.

  • Other approaches are possible and welcome.

 

Learning Outcome

Having completed the seminar you will  obtain an understanding of the worst economic crisis in over 80 years.

A possible starting point is papers from the IMF, the OECD, national central banks, the Fed, the ECB, Bank of England, Det Økonomiske Råd and also academic papers

 

None
Planning/start-up meeting, research and writing process of the seminar paper, sessions with presentation of own paper and critical evaluation/feedback to another student´s paper, actively participating in discussions at class.

Before the session a "so-finalized-as-possible"-draft of the paper must be uploaded in Absalon. After the presentations, the student submit an edited version of the paper in the Digital Exam portal as the final exam paper. The aim is that students use the presentation sessions as an opportunity to receive and use the constructive feedback to improve the paper.
Schedule:
• Planning meeting: September 6, 14-16
• Supervision: By appointment from end August 2017.
• Deadline commitmentpaper: In agreement with the lecturer and not later than 1st of October.
• Deadline of pre-paper uploadet to Absalon: November 8th
• Presentations/Workshops: Week 47.
  • Category
  • Hours
  • Project work
  • 186
  • Seminar
  • 20
  • Total
  • 206
Credit
7,5 ECTS
Type of assessment
Written examination
- a seminar paper in English that meets the formal requirements for written papers stated in the curriculum and at KUNet for seminars.
Exam registration requirements

Attendance in all activities at the seminar as stated in the formal requrements in the Curriculum and at the KUnet for seminars (UK) and Kunet for seminars (DK).

Aid
All aids allowed
Marking scale
7-point grading scale
Censorship form
External censorship
Exam period

Deadline for uploading the seminar paper to DE: 1st of December 2017 before 10:00 AM

For enrolled students more information about examination, rules, exam schedule etc. is available at the intranet for master students (UK) and  master students (DK)

Re-exam

A written paper as stated in the  Master curriculum and at the KUnet for seminars for master students (UK) and master students (DK). 

Criteria for exam assesment

The student must in a satisfactory way demonstrate that he/she has mastered the learning outcome of the course and the objectives stated in the Curriculum.