COURSE INTRODUCTION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION


Course Name
Financial Economics
Code
Semester
Theory
(hour/week)
Application/Lab
(hour/week)
Local Credits
ECTS
ECON 414
Fall/Spring
3
0
3
6
Prerequisites
None
Course Language
Course Type
Elective
Course Level
-
Mode of Delivery -
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)
Assistant(s)
Course Objectives
Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • will be able to analyze yields, interest sensitivities and prices of bonds
  • will be able to list the properties of different utility functions used in financial economics.
  • will be able to compute asset prices in financial economics.
  • will be able to discuss contingent claims
  • will be able to determine optimal portfolios
Course Description This course takes the student from the level of microeconomics principles to current theories and topics in financial economics. Both static and dynamic models are explored. Asset pricing models with and without arbitrage opportunities are discussed. Asset pricing puzzles are investigated. Modigliani Miller arguments on capital structure are introduced. Binomial option pricing model is developed.
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Course Category

Core Courses
Major Area Courses
Supportive Courses
Media and Managment Skills Courses
Transferable Skill Courses

 

WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES

Week Subjects Required Materials
1 Introduction Fabozzi Ch.1
2 Consumer Financial Decisions Fabozzi Ch.2
3 Producer Financial Decisions Fabozzi Ch.3
4 Firm Valuation Fabozzi Ch.4
5 Firm Valuation cont’d Fabozzi Ch.4
6 Firm Financing and Investment Decisions Fabozzi Ch.5,6
7 Midterm
8 Microeconomic Foundations of Financial Economics Fabozzi Ch.9
9 Contingent Claims and Contingency Strategies Fabozzi Ch.10
10 Risk and Risk Management Fabozzi Ch.11
11 Risk Measures Fabozzi Ch.12
12 Mean-Variance Portfolio Choice Fabozzi Ch.13
13 CAPM and APT Fabozzi Ch.14,15
14 Factor Models Fabozzi Ch.15
15 Semester Review
16 Final Exam
Course Notes/Textbooks

Financial Economics, Frank J. Fabozzi, Edwin H. Neave, Guofu Zhou    ISBN: 978-0-470-59620-3

Suggested Readings/Materials

 

EVALUATION SYSTEM

Semester Activities Number Weigthing
Participation
Laboratory / Application
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
2
30
Presentation / Jury
Project
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exam
Midterm
1
30
Final Exam
1
40
Total

Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade
3
60
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade
1
40
Total

ECTS / WORKLOAD TABLE

Semester Activities Number Duration (Hours) Workload
Course Hours
(Including exam week: 16 x total hours)
16
3
48
Laboratory / Application Hours
(Including exam week: 16 x total hours)
16
Study Hours Out of Class
14
3
42
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
2
10
Presentation / Jury
Project
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exam
Midterms
1
20
Final Exams
1
40
    Total
170

 

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS RELATIONSHIP

#
Program Competencies/Outcomes
* Contribution Level
1
2
3
4
5
1

To be able to acquire a sound knowledge of fundamental concepts, theories, principles and methods of investigation specific to the economic field.

X
2

To be able to apply adequate mathematical, econometric, statistical and data analysis models to process economic data and to implement scientific research for development of economic policies.

X
3

To be able to participate in academic, professional, regional, and global networks and to utilize these networks efficiently.

4

To be able to have adequate social responsibility with regards to the needs of the society and to organize the activities to influence social dynamics in line with social goals.

X
5

To be able to integrate the knowledge and training acquired during the university education with personal education and produce a synthesis of knowledge one requires.

6

To be able to evaluate his/her advance level educational needs and do necessary planning to fulfill those needs through the acquired capability to think analytically and critically.

X
7

To be able to acquire necessary skills to integrate social dynamics into economic process both as an input and an output.

8

To be able to link accumulated knowledge acquired during the university education with historical and cultural qualities of the society and be able to convey it to different strata of society.

9

To be able to take the responsibility as an individual and as a team member.

10

To be able to attain social, scientific and ethical values at the data collection, interpretation and dissemination stages of economic analysis.

11

To be able to collect data in economics and communicate with colleagues in a foreign language ("European Language Portfolio Global Scale", Level B1)

12

To be able to speak a second foreign at a medium level of fluency efficiently.

13

To be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout human history to their field of economics.

*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest