Winter term - Topics in International Economic History I: Finance, Geoeconomics and Economic Development in the Long-Term Perspective (E580A)
Content
Financial market evidence provides exciting insights about issues that are relevant today, such as bubbles, economic crises, and behavioral aspects of stock markets. For example, in Germany existed during the ‘First Era of Globalization’ (1870-1913) not less than 5500 joint-stock companies, and investment behavior can be explored in this seminar using empirical methods. The Tuebingen Database on Historical Financial Markets can be used to study those phenomena. During the course you have to revise the materials and prepare assignments. These are mandatory for the assessment.
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Key facts about the course
ECTS-Credits
9
Level
M.Sc.
Degree
Workload
30/240
class/self
Cycle
WS
generally
Course language
ENG
Duration of the module
1
term
Exam written
Term paper
Maximum Student number
40
Registration
Necessary!
Registration period: 16.09. - 11.10.2024
Please note: Confirmation emails are not sent before the end of the registration period!
Course type
Seminar (2 SWS)
Literature
Baten, Joerg (ed.), A History of the Global Economy: 1500 to the Present, Cambridge University Press)
See, for example, the study by Korolenko and Baten on our internet pages.
Objectives
You review phenomena such as bubbles, economic crises, and behavioral aspects of stock markets yourself, using real historical data and rate them with the current context.