Department of Economics

ECON335: The Economics of Financial Institutions

Lecturer in charge

Dr Sean Turnell

Availability

E2 - Evening; Offered in the second half-year

Unit Outline

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Description

This unit provides an overview of the Australian financial system and examines, in depth, the various aspects of commercial bank management. Topics covered include objectives and performance, risks and their controls, cost functions and economies of scale and scope, asset and liability management, off-balance sheet banking, forecasting and financial planning, merchant banking, central banking, capital adequacy and regulation.