FINANCIAL MARKETS, INSTITUTIONS AND ECONOMIC ACTIVITY

ECON 435

Banking, credit markets and financial institutions, monetary and debt management policies; relation of national monetary and credit institutions to the international system.

ECON 730

Examines the economics of international financial markets, and how international considerations affect financial economic models. It provides an introduction to foreign exchange markets and risk; it investigates international parity conditions and foreign exchange rate determination; it studies international capital markets; it looks at the basics of international corporate finance; and, it discusses foreign currency derivatives.

ECON/FINANCE 300

Concepts and techniques in corporate finance and investments. Topics include the financial environment, securities markets, financial markets, financial statements and analysis, working capital management, capital budgeting, cost of capital, dividend policy, asset valuation, investments, decision-making under uncertainty, mergers, options, and futures.

ECON 735

Advanced appraisal of theory and institutions of the financial system, monetary theory, the credit system and financial intermediaries.

ECON 965

Current research on macroeconomic models, monetary theory and policy, the theory of portfolio selection, and the allocative and distributive performance of capital markets.