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ECON335: The Economics of Financial Institutions |
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.
| Credit Points: | 3 |
| Contact Hours: | 3 |
| When Offered: |
E2 - Evening; Offered in the second half-year
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| Staff Contact: |
Dr SeanTurnell |
| Prerequisites: |
ECON200 or ECON201 or BBA204 or BBA214
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| NCCWs: | ECON445
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| Unit Designations: |
Social Science
Commerce; Economics
| | Assessed As: |
Graded
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| Offered By: |
Department of Economics |
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