Loan Sales & SecuritizationCovers loan sales, securitization, risks associated with loans, and the process of moving risks off-balance-sheet.
Central BankingExplores central banking functions, monetary policy tools, and transmission mechanisms, including the debate on central bank independence.
Bank Capital & FundingCovers credit risk structuring, bank capital ratios, funding determinants, and optimal capital structure, emphasizing interbank lending and covered bonds.
Financial Time Series AnalysisCovers stylized facts of asset returns, summary statistics, testing for normality, Q-Q plots, and efficient market hypothesis.
Factor Models in FinanceExplores factor models in finance, covering mean-variance portfolios, size and value anomalies, and momentum strategies.
Market Failures in InnovationExplores market failures in innovation, discussing spillovers, uncertainty, costs, and coordination challenges in the innovation process.