Page 19 - MEc_MINI_HANDBOOK_S1_2425_FINAL

◄Faculty of Business and Economics►

AA017013 FINANCIAL ECONOMICS
3 Credits

Course Learning At the end of the course, students are able to:
Outcomes
(1) Distinguish the principles underlying the pricing of
major financial assets.
(2) Evaluate existing asset pricing models and their
applications.
(3) Interpret economic issues associated with financial
markets.

Synopsis of Course Financial economics provides the economic principles
Contents governing financial markets. Hence, the first part of the
course covers various aspects crucial to the functioning of
key financial markets (equity markets, fixed-income
markets and derivatives markets), such as the instruments,
trading mechanisms and valuation models. Given the
remarkable growth in the field of financial economics, the
second part of the course discusses some major and recent
topics, which include asset pricing, efficient markets
hypothesis, behavioural finance, financial development,
financial globalization, financial technology, financial
bubbles and crashes, and sustainable finance.

Assessment Weightage Continuous Assessment: 60%
Final Examination: 40%

Medium of Instruction English

18