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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.

Offerings

S2-01-CLAYTON-ON-CAMPUS

Rules

Enrolment Rule

Contacts

Chief Examiner(s)

Professor Kaveh Majlesi

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

Enquiry-based learning

Active learning

Assessment

1 - Within semester assessment

2 - Examination

Scheduled and non-scheduled teaching activities

Workshops

Workload requirements

Workload