ECN 440 Booms, Busts, Panics and Manias

This course addresses a historical tendency for the financial and stock markets to exhibit periodic unstable cycles or speculative booms, followed by market downturns, instability or in the extreme, total collapse. These patterns of cyclical behaviour are illuminated by focusing on crises, beginning with the Tulip Mania. The South Seas Bubble, the 1929 Crash, the Bre-X fraud and dot.com collapse are included. Students will be required to play a stock market speculation game for part of their course mark. LL Lect: 3 hrs. Course Weight: 1.00 Billing Units: 1





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