wir842 - Banking (Complete module description)

Upon completion of the module students will be able to explain the role financial institutions play in financial markets based on economic theory. They will have a sound knowledge of institutional and regulatory conditions under which financial institutions operate today, and they will be able to critically assess respective developments in the financial sector. Moreover, they will have developed a sound understanding of how banks are managed in a competitive environment.

We will discuss theoretical foundations of financial intermediation in general, and of banking in particular as well as the economic, institutional, and regulatory context in which financial institutions operate today. Moreover, we will cover selected topics in the area of bank management and bank accounting..

Casu, Girardone & Molyneux, Introduction to Banking, 3rd edition, Pearson 2022
de Haan, Schoenmaker & Wierts, Financial Markets and Institutions – A European Perspective, 4th edition, Cambridge 2020
Hull, Risk Management and Financial Institutions, 6th edition, Wiley 2023 
Mishkin, The Economics of Money, Banking, and Financial Markets, 13th edition, Pearson 2022
Hartmann-Wendels/Pfingsten/Weber: Bankbetriebslehre, latest edition, Berlin  

Further literature may be announced during the course.

https://uol.de/fiwi-bbl

Typically at the end of the lecture period. Potential mid-term exams will be announced in the first session.

Typically, a written exam (Klausur, with a duration of 90 min.). Other types of exams, such as a portfolio (consisting of 2-3 parts), a term paper (Hausarbeit, with a length of about 15-20 pages), or an oral exam (mündliche Prüfung, wth a duration of about 30 min.) are possible at the lecturer's discretion. The type of examination will be announced in the first session.