ECO 4185 Financial Econometrics

3 units
Economics
Faculty of Social Sciences
Introduction to econometric methods used to analyze financial data. Topics covered may include modelling of stock prices and asset returns, tests of market efficiency, modelling volatility, event study analysis, and analysis of high-frequency data.

Components:

Lecture

Requirements:

Prerequisite: ECO 2151 or MAT 3375 .

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Organized

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Clear Expectations

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Learned a Lot

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Recommend

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Workload

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Fair Assessments

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