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ECON4916: Topics in Applied Financial Econometrics
2024 unit information
This unit provides an introduction to some of the widely used econometric models designed for the analysis of financial data, and the procedures used to estimate them. Special emphasis is placed upon empirical work and applied analysis of real market data. The unit deals with topics such as: the statistical nature of financial data; the specification, estimation and testing of financial econometric models for the asset return distribution; and the analysis of intra-day high frequency financial data. Throughout the unit, students are encouraged, especially in assignments, to familiarise themselves with financial data and learn how to apply the models to these data.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Economics
| Code | ECON4916 |
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| Academic unit | Economics |
| Credit points | 6 |
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Prerequisites:
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Corequisites:
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ECMT6006 |
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At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. Become familiar with the stylized facts of financial data and with the econometric methods for analyzing such data.
- LO2. Understand the key features of the classic and state-of-art econometric models used in financial economics.
- LO3. Implement the econometric models in statistical packages, apply them to the data, and interpret the output from these models.
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Semester 1 2024
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Normal day | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney | |
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Semester 2 2024
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Normal day | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
Outline unavailable
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There are no availabilities for previous years.
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