AS 200.330 - Financial Market: Winners, Losers, and Protector's Decisions

Institution:

Johns Hopkins University

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Description:

The recent world financial crisis has arguably been the most important event of the new millennium. Understanding the financial crisis requires knowledge of: “What happened & how the crisis unfolded?” “Why did it happen?” “How was the crisis eventually managed?” “Further, who were hurt?” “Who succeeded well?” And finally, “what policy decisions intended to protect markets by government officials succeeded to forestall further damage. Taking a behavioral finance focus, the course offers an analysis of heuristic decision errors that lead to bubbles and crashes in markets, and the failure of market models to avoid them. * Prerequisites: Rudimentary knowledge of financial markets.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.jhu.edu

Phone Number:

(410) 516-8000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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