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Time: Monday 9.6.2025 – Friday 13.06.2025

Location: Ä¢¹½Ö±²¥, Jyväskylä University School of Business and Economics, FINLAND, Mattilanniemi Campus

Registrations: The deadline for registrations to this course is May 25, 2025. See registration/application details at the bottom of the page.

Teaching: Associate Professor , University Carlos III de Madrid, Spain

NFN Travel Grant: NFN offers Travel Grants for attending PhD students in finance coming from Nordic institutions outside of Finland. To apply for the Travel Grant, please use the below form and send it to nfn(at)aalto.fi.

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Teaching: 20 h of lectures (20 x 45 minutes)

Daily teaching schedule: TBA

Course objective: The main objective of this course is to understand the key mechanisms underlying the risk-taking behavior of banks and their consequences for the real economy. The course present different setups that allow the participant to better understand:

1. The relevance of imperfect information in the credit market
2. The role of financial institutions in the economy
3. Banks' risk strategies and their impact on the overall allocation of capital in the economy
4. The role of banks and other agents in determining the inherent instability of the economy
5. The logic and possible unintended consequences underlying banking regulation

Syllabus: TBA

Lecture Notes: TBA

Credit Units: 6 ECTS cr.

List of participants: TBA

Participants: Doctoral students in finance. The course is also open for KATAJA as well as FDPE and Helsinki GSE students with sufficient background in finance and/or economics. The course is also open for foreign doctoral students given that there is space in the course.

Examinations: TBA

Registration/Application:

• Doctoral students of GSF, FDPE and Helsinki GSE: Please register .
• Doctoral students in related fields and doctoral students at foreign universities: Application form can be found below (both in PDF and Word format). In addition to the application form, please also send a report on the status of your doctoral studies, and a brief CV. Please also ask your thesis advisor to send us a short letter of recommendation by-email. All the required documents should be sent by e-mail to gsf(at)aalto.fi. All applicants will be informed of their acceptance soon after the registration deadline.

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The deadline for registrations to this course is May 25, 2025.

Further information, local organizer:
Kari Heimonen
Professor
Jyväskylä University School of Business and Economics
kari.o.heimonen@jyu.fi