ECON331-18S1 (C) Semester One 2018

Financial Economics

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 19 February 2018
End Date: Sunday, 24 June 2018
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Friday, 2 March 2018
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Friday, 18 May 2018

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.

      • University Graduate Attributes

      This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attributes specified below:

      Critically competent in a core academic discipline of their award

      Students know and can critically evaluate and, where applicable, apply this knowledge to topics/issues within their majoring subject.

Prerequisites

Restrictions

Equivalent Courses

Recommended Preparation

Course Administrator

Glenn Boyle

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Test 40%
Test 2 40%
Tutorial assignment 20%


Class Participation:  5%

Essay:  20%

In-class tests:  
Tuesday 13 March (15%)
Thursday 29 March (29%)

Final Exam:  (45%)

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $790.00

International fee $3,350.00

* 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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