This course is an introduction to the economic theories of financial crises
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This course includes
Hours of videos
222 years, 2 months
Units & Quizzes
8
Unlimited Lifetime access
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Certificate of Completion
It focuses on amplification mechanisms that exacerbate crises, such as leverage, fire sales, bank runs, interconnections, and complexity. It also analyzes the different perspectives on the origins of crises, such as mistaken beliefs and moral hazard, and discusses the optimal regulation of the financial system. The course draws upon examples from financial crises around the world, especially the recent subprime financial crisis.
14.09 is offered during the Independent Activities Period (IAP), which is a special 4-week term at MIT that runs from the first week of January until the end of the month.
Course Currilcum
- Understanding Financial Crises: Lessons from History Unlimited
- Borrowing Constraints and the Net Worth Channel Unlimited
- Leverage, Fire Sales, and Amplification Mechanisms Unlimited
- Understanding Banks’ Losses: Moral Hazard or Mistakes Unlimited
- Liquidity, Part 1: Maturity Mismatch and Banking Panics Unlimited
- Liquidity, Part 2: Debt, Panics, and Flight to Quality Unlimited
- Interconnections and Complexity Unlimited
- Optimal Policy: How to Mitigate or Prevent Crises? Unlimited
