Overview
The unit topics include household and consumer finance, the role of debt and credit in the economy, firm investment, and implications of financial decision making. Tools and concepts are developed to explore these topics, which include (but not limited to) causal inference in financial economics, expectations, risk preferences, and portfolio … For more content click the Read More button below.
Requisites
Prerequisite
Rules
Enrolment Rule
Contacts
Chief Examiner(s)
Associate Professor Vinod Mishra
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of this unit, you should be able to:
1.
understand the function of financial markets and intermediation in the modern economy
2.
understand how consumers and firms choose their portfolios and investment
3.
understand the trade-off between risk and return
4.
understand the consequences of financial decision making by firms and households at the micro and macro levels.
Teaching approach
Active learning
Assessment
1 - Within semester assessment
2 - Examination
Workload requirements
Workload