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ECOS2040: Intermediate Financial Economics
This unit introduces micro- and macroeconomic models central for understanding the functioning of financial markets. Models of intertemporal choice and investment decisions provide a foundation for an understanding of asset pricing. The role financial institutions, regulators and money in explaining economic growth and the business cycle are examined.
| Code | ECOS2040 |
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| Academic unit | Economics |
| Credit points | 6 |
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Prerequisites:
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(ECON1001 or ECON1040 or BUSS1040) and (ECMT1010 or MATH1005 or MATH1905 or DATA1001 or DATA1901 or ENVX1002 or BUSS1020) |
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Corequisites:
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None |
| Prohibitions:
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ECOS2001 or ECOS2901 or ECOS2002 or ECOS2902 |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. understand key microeconomic concepts
- LO2. understand key macroeconomic concepts
- LO3. apply microeconomic concepts to financial markets
- LO4. apply key macroeconomic concepts to financial markets
- LO5. critique economic tools of analysis as applied to financial markets
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