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Apr 28, 2024
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ECON 3430 - Financial Economics
In a free economy, income earners’ savings flow directly and through intermediaries to investors who use the proceeds to increase capital, the engine of growth. Intermediaries such as banks, brokers, and exchanges, create instruments such as equities, bonds, mutual fund shares, and their derivatives, which trade in secondary markets. This course examines the interrelationships between institutions, instruments, participants, strategies, and markets.
Requisites: ECON 1030 and 1040
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes: - Get acquainted with traditional financial economics theories.
- Understand how real-world applications relate to the behavior of firms, consumers, and the government.
- Learn about recent developments in behavioral economics as it relates to finance.
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