Brief Course Description
1. Course Title:
Financial Economics
2. Language of Instruction:
Tiếng Việt
3. Course Code:
ECO501139
4. Credits:
3
5. Course Objectives:
Groundbreaking advances in financial theory and practice over the past decades have profoundly changed the world of finance. These changes have also been accelerated by the deep globalization of financial markets and the rapid development of financial technology in recent years. The Financial Economics course provides a foundation of knowledge of modern financial analysis and its applications to business challenges in capital budgeting, project appraisal, business investment and financing decisions, and investment management. The course also equips students with the knowledge of analyzing the financial statements of businesses.
6. Brief Description of Course Content:
This course provides a rigorous introduction to modern financial knowledge and their applications to the economy and business. In the course, students learn how the macroeconomic and microeconomic factors drive economic policy and financial decision-making, at the same time get a grasb of the financial economic mechanisms using formal models. The topics covered are the efficient markets theory, quantitative methods in finance, risk aversion, portfolio theory, asset pricing models and techniques, behavioral finance theory, an introduction to the economics of financial crises, and investment decisions in the context of uncertainty.