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Course title Financing Emerging Markets
Course code EBC2157
ECTS credits 6,5
Assessment Whole/Half Grades
Period
Period Start End Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri
5 14-4-2025 8-6-2025 X X
Level Intermediate
Coordinator Piet Eichholtz
For more information: p.eichholtz@maastrichtuniversity.nl
Language of instruction English
Goals
This primary goal of this course is to teach the students to recognize the underpinnings of well-functioning financial markets, and to understand how such markets can be created in rapidly evolving economies. After the course the students should also be familiar with the key financial topics of practical interest for companies active in emerging markets.
Description
The overall theme of the course is to analyse how financial institutions and markets function or can be created within emerging economies. The course combines major areas of finance, such as corporate finance, investments and capital markets, all covered from the perspective of emerging markets. It also covers areas of particular interest to emerging economies, including microfinance, payment systems and pension systems in countries with limited social protection. China is used as an example of a country that has managed to create its own financial markets, which is contrasted by other emerging economies that so far lack well-developed financial institutions.
Literature
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Prerequisites
Completed all first year courses in either the International Business bachelor or in the Economics and Business Economics bachelor.
Keywords
Teaching methods (indicative; course manual is definitive) PBL / Presentation / Lecture / Assignment
Assessment methods (indicative; course manual is definitive) Participation / Written Exam
Evaluation in previous academic year For the complete evaluation of this course please click "here"
This course belongs to the following programmes / specialisations
Bachelor Economics and Business Economics - Emerging Markets Year 2 Compulsory Course(s)
Bachelor International Business - Emerging Markets Year 2 Compulsory Course(s)
Pre-master Economics and Strategy in Emerging Markets Disciplinary Course(s)
Pre-master Financial Economics Disciplinary Course(s)