Description
Major theories underlying financial economics: arbitrage, market efficiency, Fisher’s separation theorem. Topics include: impact of cyclical fluctuations on consumption, investment, and financial decisions of consumers/firms, monetary policy and interest rate determination, loans for durables, mortgage loans, bond/stock valuation, investment-decision criteria, risk-return trade-offs, cost-of-capital analysis.
Prerequisites
- Prerequisite(s): ECON 1001 and ECON 1002 each with a grade of C- or higher, or FYSM 1003 with a grade of C- or higher, ECON 1401 and ECON 1402 , (or equivalent department-approved MATH course pair with a grade of C- or higher in each), and one of ( BUSI 1001 , BUSI 1003 , BUSI 1005 , BUSI 2008 ) with a grade of C- or higher.
Conditions and arrangements
- Prerequisite(s): ECON 1001 and ECON 1002 each with a grade of C- or higher, or FYSM 1003 with a grade of C- or higher, ECON 1401 and ECON 1402 , (or equivalent department-approved MATH course pair with a grade of C- or higher in each), and one of ( BUSI 1001 , BUSI 1003 , BUSI 1005 , BUSI 2008 ) with a grade of C- or higher.
- Lectures three hours a week.
Reference text in its original language
Major theories underlying financial economics: arbitrage, market efficiency, Fisher’s separation theorem. Topics include: impact of cyclical fluctuations on consumption, investment, and financial decisions of consumers/firms, monetary policy and interest rate determination, loans for durables, mortgage loans, bond/stock valuation, investment-decision criteria, risk-return trade-offs, cost-of-capital analysis.
- Prerequisite(s): ECON 1001 and ECON 1002 each with a grade of C- or higher, or FYSM 1003 with a grade of C- or higher, ECON 1401 and ECON 1402 , (or equivalent department-approved MATH course pair with a grade of C- or higher in each), and one of ( BUSI 1001 , BUSI 1003 , BUSI 1005 , BUSI 2008 ) with a grade of C- or higher.
- Lectures three hours a week.
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