# ECON 721: Financial Microeconomics | UW–Madison

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### title

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### description

The contemporary theory of financial markets, portfolio choice, and asset pricing.

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* Financial markets
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* Asset pricing

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Students appreciate the opportunity to replace the final exam with a Python project, which is considered relatively easy to manage.

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### grade instructors

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### grades

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]
```

### statistics

#### gpa

3.646

#### graded

134

#### counts

* 73
* 33
* 24
* 2
* 2
* 0
* 0

### grade conflicts

None recorded.

### evidence

#### history

* [/data/e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349/history/course\_3477c94914377ae65b2c1665-0.json](https://uwcourses.com/data/e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349/history/course_3477c94914377ae65b2c1665-0.json)

#### traces

* [/data/e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349/traces/course\_3477c94914377ae65b2c1665-0.json](https://uwcourses.com/data/e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349/traces/course_3477c94914377ae65b2c1665-0.json)

#### reviews

* [/data/e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349/reviews/course\_3477c94914377ae65b2c1665-0.json](https://uwcourses.com/data/e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349/reviews/course_3477c94914377ae65b2c1665-0.json)

#### meetings

* [/data/e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349/meetings/course\_3477c94914377ae65b2c1665-0.json](https://uwcourses.com/data/e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349/meetings/course_3477c94914377ae65b2c1665-0.json)

#### results

* [/data/e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349/results/course\_3477c94914377ae65b2c1665-0.json](https://uwcourses.com/data/e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349/results/course_3477c94914377ae65b2c1665-0.json)

### revision

e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349

## context

### all

#### term



#### gpa

3.6455223880597014

#### count

134

#### university

##### size

2734

##### gpa Percentile

38

##### count Percentile

58

##### median Count

105

##### histogram

| range   | count | current |
| ------- | ----- | ------- |
| 0.0–0.4 | 0     | false   |
| 0.4–0.8 | 0     | false   |
| 0.8–1.2 | 0     | false   |
| 1.2–1.6 | 0     | false   |
| 1.6–2.0 | 0     | false   |
| 2.0–2.4 | 1     | false   |
| 2.4–2.8 | 6     | false   |
| 2.8–3.2 | 183   | false   |
| 3.2–3.6 | 704   | false   |
| 3.6–4.0 | 1840  | true    |

#### departments

```json
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      "gpaPercentile": 65,
      "countPercentile": 47,
      "medianCount": 149,
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          "current": false
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          "count": 25,
          "current": false
        },
        {
          "range": "3.6–4.0",
          "count": 27,
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      ]
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  }
]
```

### terms

#### 1232

##### term

1232

##### gpa

3.638888888888889

##### count

18

##### departments

| subject | comparison |
| ------- | ---------- |
| ECON    |            |

#### 1242

##### term

1242

##### gpa

3.5

##### count

25

##### departments

| subject | comparison |
| ------- | ---------- |
| ECON    |            |

#### 1252

##### term

1252

##### gpa

3.7027027027027026

##### count

74

##### university

###### size

1333

###### gpa Percentile

53

###### count Percentile

53

###### median Count

69

###### histogram

| range   | count | current |
| ------- | ----- | ------- |
| 0.0–0.4 | 0     | false   |
| 0.4–0.8 | 0     | false   |
| 0.8–1.2 | 0     | false   |
| 1.2–1.6 | 0     | false   |
| 1.6–2.0 | 0     | false   |
| 2.0–2.4 | 0     | false   |
| 2.4–2.8 | 14    | false   |
| 2.8–3.2 | 115   | false   |
| 3.2–3.6 | 431   | false   |
| 3.6–4.0 | 773   | true    |

##### departments

```json
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      "medianCount": 74,
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]
```

#### 1262

##### term

1262

##### gpa

3.6176470588235294

##### count

17

##### departments

| subject | comparison |
| ------- | ---------- |
| ECON    |            |

### benchmarks

#### all

##### school

###### size

2734

###### gpa

3.6828436876066126

###### top Share

83.37648184927653

###### count

105

##### ECON

###### size

69

###### gpa

3.4939688171628607

###### top Share

71.06471659309811

###### count

149

#### terms

##### 1232

###### school

###### size

1216

###### gpa

3.575457431972425

###### top Share

77.33712216234007

###### count

66

###### ECON

###### size

38

###### gpa

3.3360474441634977

###### top Share

61.683172425833845

###### count

68.5

##### 1242

###### school

###### size

1295

###### gpa

3.595302892737449

###### top Share

78.36291889885307

###### count

67

###### ECON

###### size

44

###### gpa

3.382488776849895

###### top Share

64.71357517027587

###### count

70

##### 1252

###### school

###### size

1333

###### gpa

3.619494049739118

###### top Share

79.71442190500672

###### count

69

###### ECON

###### size

46

###### gpa

3.4251846784024935

###### top Share

66.33912567216377

###### count

74

##### 1262

###### school

###### size

1320

###### gpa

3.628825763035853

###### top Share

80.21118846327654

###### count

70

###### ECON

###### size

40

###### gpa

3.446407481735755

###### top Share

68.17148103554868

###### count

65.5

## instructor Trends

```json
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        "sections": 1,
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  },
  {
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    "name": "YUNHAN SHIN",
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    ]
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]
```

## following

None recorded.
