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ECON6021: Financial Economics

2024 unit information

This unit provides students with an understanding of the economic foundations of financial theory and the economic framework upon which that theory is based. Much of the work covered is an application of microeconomic theory to the special problems encountered in the study of the asset markets and the financial side of an economy. It provides an understanding of the role of financial assets and of the modern approaches to asset pricing theory.

Unit details and rules

Managing faculty or University school:

Economics

Code ECON6021
Academic unit Economics
Credit points 6
Prerequisites:
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(ECON6001 or ECON6701) and (ECON6002 or ECON6702)
Corequisites:
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None
Prohibitions:
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None
Assumed knowledge:
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None

At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:

  • LO1. understand the fundamentals of asset pricing
  • LO2. understand the roles of the financial markets
  • LO3. relate the economic theory to observed asset pricing patterns
  • LO4. relate the concepts to particular applications and solve problems

Unit availability

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Session MoA ?  Location Outline ? 
Semester 1 2024
Normal day Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Semester 2 2024
Normal day Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Outline unavailable
Session MoA ?  Location Outline ? 
Semester 1 2020
Normal day Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Semester 1 2021
Normal day Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Semester 1 2021
Normal day Remote
Semester 1 2022
Normal day Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Semester 1 2022
Normal day Remote
Semester 1 2023
Normal day Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Semester 1 2023
Normal day Remote
Semester 2 2023
Normal day Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney

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