ECON331-24S2 (C) Semester Two 2024

Financial Economics

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 15 July 2024
End Date: Sunday, 10 November 2024
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 28 July 2024
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 29 September 2024

Description

The economics of finance with applications to asset valuation, corporate finance, and portfolio management.

Learning Outcomes

  •  LEARNING OUTCOMES:  At the end of this course, a successful student will be able to:
  • Understand what the efficient market does and doesn't say, and its implications
    for asset price behaviour;
    
  • Understand modern portfolio theory and its implications for investment planning;
    
  • Understand the no-arbitrage principle and its implications for asset pricing;
    
  • Be able to relate financial economics theory to actual financial issues and events;
    
  • Be prepared for postgraduate study in finance and economics.

Prerequisites

(1) FINC201; and (2) MATH102 or MATH199; RP: MATH103

Restrictions

Co-requisites

Equivalent Courses

Recommended Preparation

Timetable 2024

Students must attend one activity from each section.

Lecture A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Monday 15:00 - 17:00 A4 Lecture Theatre
15 Jul - 25 Aug
9 Sep - 20 Oct
Tutorial A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Friday 14:00 - 15:00 Beatrice Tinsley 111
22 Jul - 25 Aug
9 Sep - 20 Oct

Course Coordinator

Richard Watt

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $893.00

International fee $4,200.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Department of Economics and Finance .

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