ECON 2508 - Financial Economics II
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| Course Code | ECON 2508 |
| Course | Financial Economics II |
| Coordinating Unit | School of Economics, Faculty of the Professions |
| Term | Semester 1/2 2012 |
| Mode | Internal |
| Level | Undergraduate |
| Location/s | North Terrace |
| Units | 3 |
| Contact | Up to 3 hours per week |
| Prerequisites | Not applicable |
| Corequisites | Not applicable |
| Incompatible | ECON 2012 |
| Assumed Knowledge | CORPFIN 2006 or ECON 1009 |
| Restrictions | Not applicable |
| Quota | A quota will apply |
| Course Description | This course is designed to provide both a self contained study of the principles of financial economics, and a bridge between courses such as International Financial Institutions and Markets 1 or Business Finance 2 and third year finance courses. It includes a critical discussion of the efficient markets theory, an overview of quantitative methods in finance, considers risk aversion in the context of utility theory, examines portfolio theory, the Capital Asset Pricing Model and multi-factor asset pricing models, covers bond pricing, duration and convexity, theories of the term structure of interest rates, the dividend discount and price-earnings models of share valuation, and introduces the top down approach to investment decisions. |
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