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 316-469 Financial Economics

Availability

Not offered in 2001.

Credit Points

12.5

HECS Band

2

Coordinator

To be advised

Prerequisites

316-313 Microeconomics or equivalent.

Semester

Not Offered (view timetable)

Contact

Three hours a week of seminars

Subject Description

This subject examines the economics of financial markets and financial institutions, including a substantial component of financial economic theory and some important current issues in the management of financial institutions and the evolution of financial markets. Topics include the theory of choice under certainty and uncertainty, asset pricing models, efficient markets theory, theory of financial intermediation, risk management and the theory of the term structure of interest rates.

Assessment

A 3-hour examination (80%) and class assignments totalling approximately 2000 words (20%).



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