Economics
Fields of Study
Financial Economics

Financial Economics

This field is designed to prepare students to deal with theoretical and practical problems in the areas of modern finance relevant to portfolio management, financial management, and capital markets. Included are analytical and empirical approaches to:

Portfolio analysis
Consumption and investment decision under uncertainty
Theories of market equilibrium
Dynamic behavior of asset prices in the financial and real sectors and the concept of efficient markets
Relationships between the financial and real sectors
Normative theory of financial management

Required Course Work

Economics 83000, Financial Markets and Instruments (required as a foundational course)
Economics 83600, Financial Theory and Engineering
Finance 70000, Financial Institutions
Finance 81100, Corporate Finance Theory
Finance 83000, Financial Markets
Finance 83200, Market Microstructure
Finance 89000, Options
Finance 79600, Empirical Corporate Finance

Other courses in the PhD Program in Finance may be substituted subject to the approval of the Executive Offices of the PhD Program in Economics.