Course Schedule - Fall Semester 2004

     

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ECON 524 001 (CRN: 21971)

BASIC FINANCIAL ENGINEERING

Long Title:
Department: Economics
Instructor: Park, Joon Y.
Meeting: 2:00PM - 2:50PM MWF (23-AUG-2004 - 15-DEC-2004) 
Part of Term: Full Term
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Lecture
Method of Instruction: Face to Face
Credit Hours: 5
Course Syllabus:
 
Section Max Enrollment: 500
Section Enrolled: 0
Enrollment data as of: 28-MAY-2024 8:04PM
 
Additional Fees: None
 
Final Exam: Final Exam Unknown
 
Description: BASIC FINANCIAL ENGINEERING ***** Financial engineers design and analyze products that improve the efficiency of markets and create mechanisms for reducing risk. This course introduces the basics of financial engineering: the notions of arbitrage and risk-neutral probability measure are developed in the case of discrete models; Black-Scholes theory is introduced in continuous-time models, and interest rate derivatives and the term structure of interest rates are discussed. Stochastic processes, Ito calculus and diffusion models are used as basic analytical tools. Statistical methodologies to estimate and test the models commonly used in finance and financial engineering are also introduced. ***** Graduate version of ECON 449. ***** Course offered fall. ***** Instructor(s): Park