Financial Economics
| Code | School | Level | Credits | Semesters |
| BUSI3106 | Nottingham University Business School China | 3 | 10 | Autumn China |
- Code
- BUSI3106
- School
- Nottingham University Business School China
- Level
- 3
- Credits
- 10
- Semesters
- Autumn China
Summary
PRE-REQUISITE
Please note that for this module, the following pre-requisite applies:
Microeconomics for Business B1
(Please ignore Requisites: N/A below)
In this final-year module for students on the BSc International Business Economics, we offer a comprehensive introduction to the equity, fixed-income, and derivatives markets. We focus on the derivation of the Capital Market Pricing Model (CAPM) and the empirics of asset pricing in the equity market. We further introduce the fixed-income and futures and options market with an emphasis on the pricing of these products.
Re-assessment format is decided by the school.
Target Students
Compulsory for IBE students.
Classes
- One 2-hour lecture each week for 11 weeks
Assessment
- 30% Coursework 1: 1500 words individual coursework
- 70% Exam 1 (1-hour-30-minute): One 1.5 hour examination
Assessed by end of autumn semester
Educational Aims
To familiarise students with the basic concepts and tools that have been developed for the analysis of Financial Economics and Financial Markets.Learning Outcomes
Knowledge and understanding
This module develops a knowledge and understanding of:
• The development, access and operation of markets for resources, goods and services
• The sources, uses and management of finance
• Financial markets and institutions
• The application of economic principles and tools to the analysis of financial markets and institutions
Intellectual skills
This module develops:
• The ability to analyse facts and circumstances to determine the cause of a problem and identifying and selecting appropriate solutions
• The ability to analyse and evaluate a range of business data, sources of information and appropriate methodologies, which includes the need for strong digital literacy, and to use that research for evidence-based decision-making
• Conceptual and critical thinking, analysis, synthesis and evaluation
Professional practical skills
This module develops:
• Numeracy and quantitative skills to manipulate data, evaluate, estimate and model business problems, functions and phenomena
Transferable (key) skills
This module develops:
• Self-management and a readiness to accept responsibility and flexibility, to be resilient, self-starting and appropriately assertive, to plan, organise and manage time
• Articulating and effectively explaining information
Conveners
- Dr Qing Xia