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To view a syllabus for the lecture series and assignments for each lecture, click here. (last updated October 29, 1999).

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Note: Each lecture may have a note defining in Chinese certain terms and expressions with which students may not be familiar. These notes may be downloaded as MS Word documents. To view these notes, your computer must be capable of reading Chinese characters. You can download a free version of one Chinese software from the RichWin company's website.

Discussion Group: Associated with each lecture is a discussion group. To respond to questions from Professor Jackson's lectures, students should access the appropriate discussion group. For instructions on how to use the HyperNews software underlying these discussion groups, click here or here.

. I N T R O D U C T I O N: March 1, 1999 Beida Server   |   BCIS Server   Note  Discussion Group for Overview L E C T U R E   O N E: Introduction to Financial Instiutitons-- March 8, 1999 To download a copy of the Unidentified Financial Institutions Exercise for Lecture One, click here. Beida Server   |   BCIS Server   Note   Discussion Group for Lecture One L E C T U R E   T W O: Justifications for Financial Regulation -- March 15, 1998. To download Alternative Strategies Exercise for Lecture Two, click here. Beida Server   |   BCIS Server   Note Discussion Group for Lecture Two L E C T U R E   T H R E E : Activities Restrictions -- March 22, 1999 Beida Server   |   BCIS Server   Note| Discussion Group for Lecture Three L E C T U R E   F O U R : Capital Requirements -- April 1, 1999 Beida Server   |   BCIS Server   Note|   Discussion Group for Lecture Four L E C T U R E   F I V E : Capital Requirements Continued -- April 5, 1999 Beida Server   |   BCIS Server    Note| Discussion Group for Lecture Five L E C T U R E   S I X : Diversification Requirements and Affiliate Restrictions -- April 12, 1999 Beida Server   |   BCIS Server    Note| Discussion Group for Lecture Six L E C T U R E   S E V E N : Holding Company Regulation -- April 19, 1999 Beida Server   |   BCIS Server  Note| Discussion Group for Lecture Seven L E C T U R E   E I G H T : Troubled and Insolvent Banks -- April 26, 1999 Beida Server   |   BCIS Server   Discussion Group for Lecture Eight   L E C T U R E   N I N E : Troubled and Insolvent Banks Con't -- May 13, 1999 Beida Server   |   BCIS Server   Discussion Group for Lecture Nine   L E C T U R E   T E N : Troubled and Insolvent Banks Concluded & Interlude on Centralization, Competition and Privatization in International Finance -- May 17, 1999 Beida Server   |   BCIS Server   Discussion Group for Lecture Ten Summer Break Insurance Regulation -- Part II L E C T U R E E L E V E N -- Introduction to Insurance Regulation -- October 15, 1999 Beida Server   |   BCIS Server  Note Discussion Group for Lecture Eleven      L E C T U R E T W E L V E -- Definition of Insurance and Interpretation of Insurance Contracts -- October 22, 1999 Beida Server  BCIS Server  Note  Discussion Group for Lecture Twelve      L E C T U R E T H I R T E E N -- Solvency Regulation-- October 29, 1999 Beida Server | BCIS Server Note Discussion Group for Lecture Thirteen . . .