FINPFST Financial Sector Transformation

School of Business Administration in Karvina
Summer 2009
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Guaranteed by
Ing. Pavlína Haltofová, Ph.D.
Department of Finance and Accounting – School of Business Administration in Karvina
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
  • Banking (programme OPF, B_HOSPOL)
Course objectives (in Czech)
The goal of the course is to explain basic features of financial sector transformation in Central European countries. It covers topics as a conception of money and functions of money in a market economy, a position and role of financial institutions, financial instruments and financial markets in a market economy. The specific topics cover mergers and acquisitions in banking sector, competition and concentration in financial sector and influence of voucher privatisation on financial sector. Privatisation of banking sector will be also covered. The course considers specific conditions of the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland and Hungary during transition onto a market economy in the light of recent changes in European Union and Eurozone, respectively.
Literature
    required literature
  • STAVÁREK, D., POLOUČEK, S. The Financial Sector in the Enlarging European Union. (1st ed.). Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Press, 2006. ISBN 1-84718-020-5. info
  • POLOUČEK, S. (ed.). Reforming the Financial Sector in Central European Countries. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Mac, 2004. ISBN 1-4039-1546-6. info
    recommended literature
  • SAUNDERS, A., CORNETT, MM. Financial Markets and Institutions. A Modern Perspective. Boston etc.: McGraw-Hill Irwin, 2001. ISBN 0-07-234892-5. info
  • DECUETO, C., HÁJEK, L., et, al. Politics and Economics in the Czech Transition. Hradec Králové: Gaudeamus, 2000. ISBN 80-7041-232-1. info
  • BONIN, JP., MIZSEI, K., SZÉKELY, IP., WACHTEL, P. Banking in Transition Economies. Developing Market Oriented Banking Sectors in Eastern Europe. Cheltenham, UK, Northampton, MA, USA: Edward Elg, 1998. ISBN 1 85898 604 4. info
  • SINKEY, JF. Commercial Bank Financial Management. Prentice Hall, 1998. ISBN 0-13-521048-8. info
  • MULLINEUX, AW., GREEN, CHJ. (ed.). Economic Performance and Financial Sector Reform in Central and Eastern Europe. Capital Flows, Bank and Enterprise Restructuring. Cheltenham, UK, Northampton, MA, USA: Edward Elg, 1998. ISBN 1 85898 806 3. info
  • HOWELLS, P.,BAIN, K. The Economics of Money, Banking and Finance. A European Text. Addison Wesley Longman, 1998. ISBN 0582-27800-7. info
  • MEJSTŘÍK, M. (ed.). The Privatization Process in East-Central Europe. International Studies in Economics and Econometrics. Dordrecht-Boston-London: Kluwer Academic Publish, 1997. ISBN 0-7923-4096-5. info
  • FABOZZI, FJ., MODIGLIANI, F., FERRI, MG. Foundations of Financial Markets and Institutions. .London etc.: Prentice-Hall, 1994. ISBN 0-13-328980-X. info
  • Madura, J. Financial Markets and Institutions. Saint Paul etc., West Publishing Company, 1992. ISBN 0-314-87735-5. info
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2008, Summer 2010, Summer 2011, Summer 2012, Summer 2013, Summer 2014.
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