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ECON350: Money and Finance |
This unit deals with the economics of modern financial markets, both theory and applied, especially with reference to the workings of the Australian financial system. Topics include: sectoral flow-of-funds accounts; techniques of selling and pricing securities; theories of interest rates; term and risk structure of interest rates; rates of return on capital; forward and futures markets; derivatives; rational expectations; efficient markets; arbitrage and speculation; financial forecasting; principles of financial model building.
| Credit Points: | 3 |
| Contact Hours: | 3 |
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D1 - Day; Offered in the first half-year
E1 - Evening; Offered in the first half-year
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| Staff Contact: |
Associate Professor Kim Hawtrey |
| Prerequisites: |
ECON200 or ECON201 or BBA204 or BBA214
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| Unit Designations: |
Social Science
Commerce; Economics
| | Assessed As: |
Graded
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| Offered By: |
Department of Economics |
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