Projects

Assignment Descriptions
Annotated Bibliography
Paper Specifications

Project 1
Annotated bibliography Due Friday November 9
Paper Due Friday November 16

Project 2
Annotated bibliography Due Friday November 30
Paper Due Friday December 7

Economics Department Seminars

Junhao Liu
University of Wisconsin Madison
"Compliance Costs of Policy Form Regulation in the Property-Liability Insurance Market"
Wednesday, October 17 @ 3:45pm-5:00pm
Student Union 3130

Dr. Bart Wilson
Chapman University
Wednesday, November 7 @ 3:45pm-5:00pm

Dr. Nicholas Lovett
University of Wisconsin Whitewater
Wednesday, November 28 @ 3:45pm-5:00pm
"Criminal Sanctions, Offender Rationality and Public Policy"

Practice Exams

Module 10: Aggregate Supply & Demand

Reading

  • Hubbard and O'Brien, Chapter 17

Exercises/Resources

Module 9: Money Multiplier Process

Reading

  • Hubbard and O'Brien, Chapter 14

Exercises/Resources

In-class Exercise

Module 8: Federal Reserve System

Reading

  • Hubbard and O'Brien, Chapter 13

Exercises/Resources

Module 7: Banking System

Class Notes

Banking System

Financial Crisis

Reading

  • Banking: Hubbard and O'Brien, Chapter 10
  • Crisis: Hubbard and O'Brien, Chapter 12

Exercises/Resources

Module 6: Market Failures in Financial Markets

Reading

  • Hubbard and O'Brien, Chapter 9

Exercises/Resources

Module 5: Risk and Term Structure of Interest Rates

Reading

  • Hubbard and O'Brien, Chapter 5

Module 4: Supply and Demand for Assets

September 27-October 4 (Week 4-5)

Class Notes

Slides
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Reading

Hubbard and O'Brien, Chapter 4

Exercises

In-class Exercise

Module 3: Interest Rates and Present Values

September 20-25 (Week 3-4)

Class Notes

Slides
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Reading

Hubbard and O'Brien, Chapter 3

Exercises

In-class Exercise

Module 2: Market for Money

September 11-18 (Week 2-3)

Class Notes

Slides
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Reading

Hubbard and O'Brien, Chapter 2

Exercises

In-class Exercise

Module 1: Introduction to Financial & Money Markets

September 4-6 (Week 1)

Class Notes

Slides
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Reading

Hubbard and O'Brien, Chapter 1

Exercises

Chapter 1 Questions
1.10, 1.11, 1.12, pages 21-22
Upload to Canvas Assignment
Homework 1: Intro to Financial System
Due Wed Sept 12 11:59 PM

Instructor

James Murray, Ph.D.

  403T Wimberly Hall
  608-785-5140
    608-406-4068
  jmurray@uwlax.edu

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