TEIE85 Current Economic and Financial Issues, ECTS-points
/AKTUELL EKONOMI/

Advancement level:
C

Aim:
The course aims to - develop the capability to analyse the actual events in the economic sphere. - make participants familiar with actual economic and political literature. - make participants familiar with economic and political process. - teach the students about the functioning of the financial markets.

Prerequisites:
All compulsory courses on the economic subjects for the first three years of studies.

Course organization:
The course comprises lectures and seminars. Lectures and seminars are devoted to a) a survey of theoretical parts in order to make the group work easier; b) guest lectures given by persons experienced in international financing.

Course content:
Actual economic and financial issues. Shares, share derivates, and options. Bonds and money-markets. The leading financial markets in the world. Actual development.

Course literature:
According to later instructions.

PRA 1A written or oral examination.
Course language is Swedish.