ECON331-20S2 (C) Semester Two 2020

Financial Economics

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 13 July 2020
End Date: Sunday, 8 November 2020
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Friday, 24 July 2020
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Friday, 25 September 2020

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) ECON207; and (2) FINC201; and (3) MATH102 or MATH199; RP: FINC205 or MATH103

Restrictions

Equivalent Courses

Recommended Preparation

Course Coordinator

Glenn Boyle

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Presentation of assignments 10% Based on solutions to tutorial questions.
Written assignment 10% Four assignments worth 2.5% each to be handed in at the beginning of the tutorial.
Test 21 Aug 2020 35% In-class test covering weeks 2 to 6.
Test 16 Oct 2020 45% In-class test covering Week 1, and weeks 7 to 12.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $822.00

International fee $3,688.00

* 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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