The course explores the intersection of macroeconomics and financial economics, using growth, business-cycle and asset pricing theories to motivate a series of data projects that cover the long run and short run determinants of interest rates, equity premium, cyclical patterns of bond and equity returns, monetary policy, CAPM and other factor models. Prerequisites: ECON 282, ECON 299, MATH 156 or equivalent, and ECON 109.
The course explores the intersection of macroeconomics and financial economics, using growth, business-cycle and asset pricing theories to motivate a series of data projects that cover the long run and short run determinants of interest rates, equity premium, cyclical patterns of bond and equity returns, monetary policy, CAPM and other factor models. Prerequisites: ECON 282, ECON 299, MATH 156 or equivalent, and ECON 109.
