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Financial Economics I
Dublin City University - Engineering & Computer Science Program
Dublin, Ireland
Dates: 9/1/23 - 12/23/23
Financial Economics I
OVERVIEW
CEA CAPA Partner Institution: Dublin City University
Location: Dublin, Ireland
Primary Subject Area: Finance
Instruction in: English
Transcript Source: Partner Institution
Course Details: Level 400
Recommended Semester Credits: 4
Prerequisites: None
DESCRIPTION
Students will learn how to use standard financial economic methods for investment decisions and option pricing in a discrete and continuous time setting. The methods include mean-variance portfolio theory, capital asset pricing model, arbitrage pricing theory, and pricing derivatives with binomial tree models. These topics will also be discussed from a real-world financial markets perspective Students will participate in the following learning activities: Lectures: Students will attend a series of lectures designed to cover the syllabus objectives of subject CT8 of the Institute of Actuaries (along with MS428). Tutorials: Tutorials will cover working through past exam papers and will also cover Excel skills.