Bachelor 2025/2026

Financial Stability and Financial Crises

Type: Elective course (Economics)

Delivered by: Department of Theoretical Economics

When: 4 year, 2 module

Open to: students of one campus

Instructors: Maria Shchepeleva

Language: English

Course Syllabus

Abstract

The course aims to discuss the main causes of financial crises, mechanisms of financial shocks transmission and issues related to anti-crisis policy. Students will learn how to measure systemic risk in the financial sector and get acquainted with the main approaches for predicting financial crises. Additionally, students will learn the best instruments for diagnosing financial sector stability from central banks' and international institutions' practice.