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ECON 2508 - Financial Economics II
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ECON 2508 - Financial Economics II

Career: Undergraduate
Units: 3
Term: 4010
Campus: North Terrace
Contact: Up to 3 hours per week
Available for Study Abroad and Exchange: Yes
Available for Non-Award Study: Yes
Quota: A quota will apply
Assumed Knowledge: ECON 1009 or ECON 1012
Assessment: Typically, quizzes, assignments, and final exam.
Syllabus:

This course is designed to provide both a self contained study of the principles of financial economics, and a bridge to higher level courses in economics and finance, including third year international finance. It typically 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, behavioural finance theory, an introduction to the economics of financial crises, and introduces the top down approach to investment decisions. The emphasis is on a thorough coverage of modern finance theory as applied to investment analysis, balanced with a consideration of new developments in the discipline, and of the application of both old and new theoretical perspectives to understand the current environment for financial investment decisions.

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Units
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Amount
3
0.125
          
  


Course Outline

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Critical Dates

Term Last Day to Add Online Census Date Last Day to WNF Last Day to WF
4010 Mon 16/03/2020 Thu 26/03/2020 Fri 12/06/2020 Not Available


Class Details

Enrolment Class: Tutorial
Class Nbr Section Size Available Dates Days Time Location
12368 TU10 27 1 11 Mar - 11 Mar Wednesday 4pm - 5pm Engineering & Mathematics, EM218, Teaching Room
16 Mar - 6 Apr Monday 1pm - 2pm Hughes, 323, Teaching Room
27 Apr - 8 Jun Monday 1pm - 2pm Hughes, 323, Teaching Room
Note: The tutorial on Wednesday 11th March is a replacement for the public holiday on Monday 9th March.
12369 TU09 27 FULL 11 Mar - 8 Apr Wednesday 11am - 12pm Mawson, 122, Madigan Room
29 Apr - 10 Jun Wednesday 11am - 12pm Mawson, 122, Madigan Room
12371 TU07 25 8 11 Mar - 11 Mar Wednesday 5pm - 6pm Engineering & Mathematics, EM218, Teaching Room
16 Mar - 6 Apr Monday 5pm - 6pm Schulz, 308, Teaching Room
27 Apr - 8 Jun Monday 5pm - 6pm Schulz, 308, Teaching Room
Note: The tutorial on Wednesday 11th March is a replacement for the public holiday on Monday 9th March.
12372 TU06 25 3 10 Mar - 7 Apr Tuesday 8am - 9am Mawson, 122, Madigan Room
28 Apr - 9 Jun Tuesday 8am - 9am Mawson, 122, Madigan Room
12373 TU05 26 FULL 10 Mar - 7 Apr Tuesday 9am - 10am Mawson, 122, Madigan Room
28 Apr - 9 Jun Tuesday 9am - 10am Mawson, 122, Madigan Room
12374 TU04 25 2 11 Mar - 11 Mar Wednesday 4pm - 5pm Nexus10, 102, Teaching Room
16 Mar - 6 Apr Monday 4pm - 5pm Schulz, 308, Teaching Room
27 Apr - 8 Jun Monday 4pm - 5pm Schulz, 308, Teaching Room
Note: The tutorial on Wednesday 11th March is a replacement for the public holiday on Monday 9th March.
12375 TU03 25 FULL 13 Mar - 3 Apr Friday 3pm - 4pm Hughes, 322, Teaching Room
8 Apr - 8 Apr Wednesday 3pm - 4pm Hughes, 322, Teaching Room
1 May - 12 Jun Friday 3pm - 4pm Hughes, 322, Teaching Room
Note: The tutorial on Wednesday 8th April is a replacement for the public holiday on Firday 10th April.
12376 TU02 26 FULL 11 Mar - 8 Apr Wednesday 1pm - 2pm Marjoribanks, 128, BankSA Teaching Suite
29 Apr - 10 Jun Wednesday 1pm - 2pm Marjoribanks, 128, BankSA Teaching Suite
12377 TU01 26 1 11 Mar - 8 Apr Wednesday 9am - 10am Mawson, 134, Sprigg Room
29 Apr - 10 Jun Wednesday 9am - 10am Mawson, 134, Sprigg Room
Automatic Enrolment Class: Lecture
Class Nbr Section Size Available Dates Days Time Location
12367 LE01 239 22 4 Mar - 8 Apr Wednesday 12pm - 1pm Napier, 102, Lecture Theatre
6 Mar - 3 Apr Friday 1pm - 2pm Horace Lamb, 1022, Horace Lamb Lecture Theatre
8 Apr - 8 Apr Wednesday 4pm - 5pm Barr Smith South, 3029, Flentje Lecture Theatre
29 Apr - 10 Jun Wednesday 12pm - 1pm Napier, 102, Lecture Theatre
1 May - 12 Jun Friday 1pm - 2pm Horace Lamb, 1022, Horace Lamb Lecture Theatre
Note: The lecture on Wednesday 8th April is a replacement for the public holiday on Friday 10th April.