GRA 6516 Economics for Finance
GRA 6516 Economics for Finance
The course, which is an introductory economics course on master level, provides the students with the main concepts and models used in modern micro- and macroeconomic analysis.
Provide students with an understanding of the key areas of economic theory such as:
- The nature of economic decisions of individual units and implications for the allocation of resources in the economy.
- The mechanism that shape business cycles.
- The impact of monetary and fiscal policy.
- The economic principles of financial markets and the role of finance in economic development.
- Students should be able to analyze how consumers and firms respond to incentives, how resources are allocated and their welfare consequences.
- Students should possess skills to evaluate macro-economic policy.
- Students should possess skills to analyze the economic forces driving financial markets.
- Through this course, students should develop basic understanding of how market outcomes are shaped by individual decisions, institutions and economic policy.
- The course provides the students with a thorough understanding of the microeconomic foundation of macroeconomic models.
- The course provides the students with a solid background on the economics forces driving financial markets.
Microeconomics
- Utility Maximization
- Demand Function and Substitution Effects
- Market Demand, Market Equilibrium, and Uncertainty
- Firm Behavior and Supply Function
- Firm Supply and Industry Equilibrium
- Imperfect Competition
Macroeconomics
- General Equilibrium with Production
- Fiscal Policy and the Role of Money
- The Neoclassical Model
- The New Keynesian Model: IS Curve and Policy
- IS-LM and the Role of Monetary Policy
- Open Economy Models
The course involves mostly lectures, where we rigorously go over the economic theory, through mathematical derivations and graphs. During classes, there will also be discussions on how the theory applies to real-world situations.
It is the student’s own responsibility to obtain any information provided in class.
Honour Code
Academic honesty and trust are important to all of us as individuals, and represent values that are encouraged and promoted by the honour code system. This is a most significant university tradition. Students are responsible for familiarizing themselves with the ideals of the honour code system, to which the faculty are also deeply committed. Any violation of the honour code will be dealt with in accordance with BI’s procedures for cheating. These issues are a serious matter to everyone associated with the programs at BI and are at the heart of the honour code and academic integrity. If you have any questions about your responsibilities under the honour code, please ask.
All courses in the Masters programme will assume that students have fulfilled the admission requirements for the programme. In addition, courses in second, third and/or fourth semester can have specific prerequisites and will assume that students have followed normal study progression. For double degree and exchange students, please note that equivalent courses are accepted.
Disclaimer
Deviations in teaching and exams may occur if external conditions or unforeseen events call for this.
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Exam category: School Exam Form of assessment: Written School Exam - digital Exam/hand-in semester: First Semester Weight: 100 Grouping: Individual Support materials:
Duration: 3 Hour(s) Exam code: GRA 65162 Grading scale: ECTS Resit: Examination when next scheduled course |
A course of 1 ECTS credit corresponds to a workload of 26-30 hours. Therefore a course of 6 ECTS credits corresponds to a workload of at least 160 hours.