ECO3205: Money and Banking
Trimester 3
SHORT DESCRIPTION
This module discusses the importance of money and banking to economic activity on the national and international level. Specifically, it discusses why it is so worthwhile to study money, banking, and financial markets. It does so by:
- Analysing the inner workings of financial markets, particularly interest rate dynamics and the financial structure in the United States and in the rest of the world.
- Looking at the business and process of banking and
- Further, understanding the dynamics of financial crises, focusing on the red hot global crisis of 2007 2009.
Health Economics
Trimester 3
Welcome to this very interesting course.
Health economics is the application of Economic theories, tools and concepts of economics as a discipline to the topics of health and health care. It is concerned with issues related to the allocation of scarce resources to improve health, this includes both resource allocation within the economy to the health sector and within the health care system to different activities and individuals.
The course is taught to students of last year Economics in the option of Development Economics.
It covers at least 7 topics including: Introduction to Health Economics, Demand for Medical Care, Externalities, Economic Evaluation in Health Sector, Health Care Financing, Hospital Service Industry, and Government, health, medical care, and government as health insurer