JP Dr. Huyen Nguyen, Prof. Dr. Daniel Streitz

The exam consists of two parts (points are accumulated with the given weights):

A) Group presentation (1-3 students per group): weight 1/3

B) Individual essay: weight 2/3.

Subject to change, details are announced at the beginning of each semester.

Literature will be announced at the beginning of the course.

English

Basic understanding of regression analysis

684 M.Sc. Economics: Wahlpflichtmodul

Seminar (2 h per week)

The seminar discusses seminal empirical papers on how law and regulation affect activities in financial markets and how financial markets affect the real economy.

The topics cover but are not limited to:

• Regulation in housing markets and mortgage lending,
• Deposit insurance and bank risk taking,
• Bank enforcement actions and the real economy,
• Regulatory arbitrage, shadow banking and Fintech,
• Regulation on climate change and bank responses

Students are able to critically discuss empirical papers in banking and financial markets.

Students understand why regulation in financial markets affect banks and financial institutions.

Students understand the current stage of development in banking and financial markets.

Students are able to interpret regression models and link these results to scientific papers.

Students have insights into several common data sources in banking literature.

Students are able to write a research proposal on a chosen topic. A research proposal should reflect how students understand current gap in the banking literature. Students will be able to propose research hypotheses and an appropriate empirical methodology to test research hypotheses.