ECON138
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ECON 138 - Financial and Behavioral Economics
Course Title
Financial and Behavioral Economics
Course Description
This course is an advanced class in Financial Economics. Topics include moral hazard (principal-agent problems, free cash flow), asymmetric Information (security issurance, dividends), mergers and acquisitions (theory, managerial incentives), corporate governance (separation of ownership and control, internal capital markets, superstar CEOs), corporate fraud (earnings manipulations). This class emphasizes the economic underpinning of financial decision-making and is mathematically and technically demanding. You will be required to do some empirical homework using STATA.
Minimum
4
Maximum
4
Grading Basis
Default Letter Grade; P/NP Option
Method of Assessment
Written Exam
Instructors
Staff
Prerequisites
100A or 101A, and Statistics 20, 21, or 25 or any upper division statistics course.
Repeat Rules
Course is not repeatable for credit.
Credit Restriction Courses. Students will receive no credit for this course if following the course(s) have already been completed.
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Formats
Lecture, Discussion
Term
Fall and Spring
Duration (in weeks)
15
Minimum Hours
3
Maximum Hours
3
Maximum Hours
1
Minimum Hours
9
Maximum Hours
8
Term
Summer
Duration (in weeks)
8
Minimum Hours
6
Maximum Hours
6
Maximum Hours
1.5
Minimum Hours
15
Maximum Hours
16.5
Term
Summer
Duration (in weeks)
6
Minimum Hours
7.5
Maximum Hours
7.5
Maximum Hours
2.5
Minimum Hours
20
Maximum Hours
22.5