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A primary goal of the GCFP is to provide greater access to the tools of modern financial analysis to current and future regulators, policymakers, and other public-sector stakeholders. GCFP educational initiatives are directed at developing:

Curricular materials customized to the needs of policy makers
Free online courseware
Executive education programs for public-sector managers and regulators
MIT courses on financial policy issues
Action learning opportunities for Master’s students through partnerships with public and regulatory agencies
Advanced training for Master’s and Ph.D. students interested in financial research with a policy focus

—MIT GCFP Affiliated Courses

	Course Title	Filter by Term Fall Spring
11.S968	Housing Finance and Social Equity	Spring	6 Cr.
	Course Overview Persistent disparities in access to homeownership raise the question of what new policies and practices in housing finance can advance social equity goals. Truly advancing equity in housing finance requires rethinking our current, complex housing finance system and raising foundational questions about how risk is understood, managed, and priced; how the housing finance system is structured and regulated; and how challenges related to climate change and resilience can be recognized and addressed. The class will begin with an overview of our current housing finance system and then include readings and lectures by invited speakers who are practitioners and experts in civil rights, financial markets, and government policy. Lecturer(s): Edward Golding; Justin Steil (MIT DUSP) Format: In-person Tracks: - View Full Course Description
15.S06	Finance Ethics & Regulation	Fall	6 Cr.
	Course Overview This special seminar for professional development changes annually. In Spring 2015, this course supplemented the rigorous technical training of the MFin curriculum with an overview of the structure of financial regulation, an introduction to regulatory enforcement, and a primer on regulatory compliance, as well as a summary of the best practices, policies and procedures, and a discussion about the core values and professional conduct in the financial services industry. Lecturer(s): Edward Golding Format: In-Person Tracks: Finance View Full Course Description
15.S16	Financial Regulation: From banks, non-banks and markets to cryptocurrency, stable coins, and digital currencies	Spring	6 Cr.
	Course Overview The course explores what problems financial regulation is intended to resolve. With a focus on the fragility of highly regulated bank and non-bank financial intermediaries, it then considers how despite deep capital markets and substantial financial regulation in the United States, global markets nearly collapsed during the Great Financial Crisis (GFC) of 2007-2008. Next it investigates the near collapse of credit markets during the 2020 pandemic. The course concludes by considering mostly unregulated or lightly regulated digital markets, and debate what regulations are appropriate for stable coins, cryptocurrencies and digital currencies. Lecturer(s): Eric Rosengren Format: In-person Tracks: Finance View Full Course Description
MITx	Financial Regulation: From the Global Financial Crisis to Fintech and the COVID Pandemic	Fall	0 Cr.
	Course Overview This course will provide the underpinning rationale for financial regulation and evaluate the post-Global Financial Crisis reforms in this light, noting adaptions that were required due to systemic nature of the crisis and the need to ensure private sector compliance. It then applies these rationales and lessons learned to current topics in Fintech and the response to the Covid-19 pandemic. The objectives of this course are to: Identify the goals of financial regulation and understand the conditions under which regulation would make the financial system safer and more efficient and when it could be counterproductive. Identify the precursors and vulnerabilities that give rise to financial crisis, including historical contexts, technological developments, and private sector responses to previous regulation. Understand the main tools currently in use to mitigate stand-alone risks in individual financial institutions as well as stability risks to the financial system as a whole and evaluate their effectiveness, noting unintended consequences. Apply the basic rationales and goals for regulation to technological financial innovations (e.g., fintech) and how the post-2008 reforms have influenced the ongoing responses to the financial implications of the COVID pandemic. Lecturer(s): Dr. Laura Kodres Format: Online Tracks: - View Full Course Description

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