Capital Markets and Real Economy

Description

This course provides an overview of the role of capital markets and the financial industry in the working of capitalist economies, liberal governments and international relations.

To do so, the course:

• Introduces the history, theory, mechanisms, tools and finalities of corporate and public finance;
• Places the role of the financial industry in the broader environment of macroeconomic and microeconomic;
• Analyses the relationship between the financial economy and the real economy.