Financial intermediaries

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The aim of the course is to provide knowledge on the key principles of financial intermediaries and their importance in financial markets. The syllabus covers a broad spectrum of theoretical and practical issues to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of financial intermediation institutions and how they impact the real economy.

Literatura podstawowa:

Thakor, A. V., & Boot, A. W., Handbook of financial intermediation and banking. Elsevier, 2008

Allen, F., & Santomero, A. M., What do financial intermediaries do?, Journal of Banking & Finance, no. 25(2)/2001, pp. 271-294

Peter. Z., Insurance Economics, Springer, Berlin 2014

Picard P., Participating Insurance Contracts and the Rothschild-Stiglitz Equilibrium Puzzle. Geneva Risk Insur Rev 39, 153/175 (2014)

Literatura uzupełniająca:

Greg Gigerenzer, Risk savvy, Allen Lane 2014

D.C.M. Dickson, Insurance Risk and Ruin, Cambridge University Press, 2006

R.Barras, Interactive innovation in financial and business services: The vanguard of the service revolution, Research Policy, Volume 19, Issue 3, June 1990, pp. 215-237

Wiedza: has knowledge of how to explain, interpret and apply the basic rules of functioning of financial intermediaries

; knows mechanisms of functioning of banks, insurance companies and other financial intermediaries

; has knowledge of financial services provided by financial intermediaries to enterprises and households

; know the sources of financing for financial intermediaries and the criteria for selecting an appropriate financing structure

; knows and understands the interdependencies between financial intermediaries and the real economy

Umiejętności: is able to determine the efficiency of financial intermediaries; be able to assess the economic and social impact of the financial intermediaries and substantiate its assessment; is able to analyse the stability of a financial intermediary and substantiate its assessment

; can make a presentation of the results of own analysis and assessment together with argumentation

; is able to assess the reliability of data describing financial intermediaries

Kompetencje społeczne: is aware of the rules of functioning of an individual in a team

; show openness to teamwork and appreciate initiatives in organising it

; understand and accept the rules of ethics in the activities of financial intermediaries ; is able to complement and improve knowledge and skills acquired

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