AØKK08394U Seminar: Financial Theory and Models (F)
The course is a part of the financial line, signified by (F)
The seminar is primarily for students at the MSc of Economics.
We encourage students to define their own seminar content within the following broad categories:
- Corporate Finance, ex. Capital costs, dividend policy, costly contracts.
- Pricing of assets, ex. Interest rate models in continuous time, American put options, multi-dimensional models.
- Imperfect capital markets, ex. Financial mediation, agency costs.
- Equilibrium pricing, ex. Risk vulnerability, decreasing
relative risk premium.
The instructor will assist the students in determining and defining a proper seminar subject.
After completing the seminar, the student is expected to be able to fulfil the learning outcome specified in the Master curriculum and to be able to:
Knowledge:
- Identify, describe and discuss core problems in the rigorous modeling of basic financial notions.
- Account for the main technical tools used in a rigorous modeling of discrete and continuous time economics.
- Account for the main concepts of financial economics.
- Assess and discuss both benefits and deficiencies of the
applied techniques and models under scrutiny.
Skills:
- Correctly select and apply core models to analyze problems in finance.
- Master the analysis of a given problem in finance by selecting and correctly applying the pertinent tools.
- Write reports and orally present own work and analysis to a
group of peers, otherwise engage in academic discussions of
financial economics, assess results and deficiencies of the applied
models in a broader context of economics and society.
Competences:
- Apply the acquired skills to new areas of analysis in both financial economics as well as in broader fields of economics.
- Apply and modify the studied tools and methods in new situations.
- Apply the acquired skills as stepping stones to more advanced models and topics in finance and economics.
- Tomas Björk. Arbitrage Theory in Continuous Time. Oxford Finance Series, 3rd ed.
- John C. Hull. Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives. Pearson, Prentice Hall, 8th ed. 2012.
- Copeland/Weston. Financial Theory and Corporate Policy. Addison-Wesley.
- Jonathan Berk and Peter DeMarzo. Corporate Finance, 5th ed., Pearson 2019.
- Emanuel Derman and Michael B. Miller. The volatility Smile, Wiley Finance 2016.
- David Lando. Credit Risk Modeling. Theory and Applications. Princeton University Press.
- Frank Hansen. Decreasing relative risk premium. The B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics 7(1), article 37, 2007.
- identify and clarify a problem,
- seek and select relevant literatur,
- write a academic paper,
- present and discuss own paper with the other students at the seminar.
The aim of the presentations is, that the student uses the presentation as an opportunity to practice oral skills and to receive feedback. The presentations is not a part of the exam and will not be assessed.
Mandatory activities in the seminar:
- Kick-off meeting
- Finding literatur and defining the project
- Writing process of the seminar paper
- Presentation of own project and paper
- Giving constructive feedback to another student´s paper
- Actively participating in discussions at the presentations and other meetings.
There is no weekly teaching/lecturing and the student cannot expect guidance from the teacher. If the teacher gives a few introduction lectures or gives the opportunity for guidance, this as well as other expectations are clarified at the kickoff meeting.
Process:
It is strongly recommended that you think about and search for a topic before the semester begins, as there is only a few weeks from the kick-off meeting to the submission of the project description/ agreement paper.
The seminar project paper must be uploaded in Absalon before the presentations, as the opponents and the other seminar participants have to read and comment on the paper. It is important that you upload a paper that is so finalized as possible due to the fact that the value of feedback and comments at the presentation is strongly associated with the skill level of the seminar paper.
After the presentations, you can with a few corrections improve the seminar paper by including the feedback and comments emerged during the presentations. It is NOT intended that you rewrite or begin the writing of the full project AFTER the presentation has taken place.
- Kick-off meeting: February 11, 2022 at 12:15 - 13:00.
- Deadline for submission of commitment paper / project description: February 26, 2022 at 12:00.
- Deadline for uploading a seminar assignment paper in Absalon: April 30, 2022
- Presentations: In the period 16 – 20 May. To be agreed on at the Kick-off meeting.
- Exam date: 1 June at 10.00 AM - latest uploading of Seminar paper to the Digital Exam portal for assessment.
All information regarding the seminar is communicated through Absalon including venue. So it is very important that you by yourself logon to Absalon and read the information already when you are registered at the seminar.
- Category
- Hours
- Project work
- 186
- Seminar
- 20
- Total
- 206
For enrolled students: More information about registration, schedule, rules etc. can be found at Master (UK) and Master (DK ).
More information about seminars is available at Seminars (UK) and Seminars (DK).
Read about the study programme and curricula at MSc in Economics
- Credit
- 7,5 ECTS
- Type of assessment
- Written examinationA seminar paper in English that meets the formal requirements for written papers stated in the curriculum of the Master programme and at KUNet for seminars.
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Attendance in all activities at the seminar as stated in the formal requrements in the Master curriculum and at the KUnet for Seminars (UK) and Seminars (DK) is required to participate in the exam.
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- Aid
- All aids allowed
for the project paper.
The teacher defines the aids that must be used for the presentations.
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- Marking scale
- 7-point grading scale
- Censorship form
- External censorship
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- Exam period
Exam information:
Deadline for submitting the final seminar paper: June 1, 2022 before 10 AM
Exam information:
The seminar paper must be uploaded to the Digital Exam portal. More information will be available from the middle of the semester.
For enrolled students more information about examination, rules, aids etc. is available at the intranet for Master (UK) and Master (DK ).
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- Re-exam
Reexam information:
The reexam is a written seminar paper as stated in the Master curriculum.
Deadline and more information is available at Seminars(UK) and Seminars(DK).
More information about reexam etc is available at Master(UK) and Master(DK).
Criteria for exam assesment
Students are assessed on the extent to which they master the learning outcome for the seminar and can make use of the knowledge, skills and competencies listed in the learning outcomes in the Curriculum of the Master programme.
To receive the top grade, the student must with no or only a few minor weaknesses be able to demonstrate an excellent performance displaying a high level of command of all aspects of the relevant material.
Course information
- Language
- English
- Course code
- AØKK08394U
- Credit
- 7,5 ECTS
- Level
- Full Degree Master
- Duration
- 1 semester
- Placement
- Spring
- Schedule
- and venue:
Go to "Remarks"
Exam and re-sits: Go to "Exam" - Course capacity
- Two classes of up to 20 students
- Study board
- Department of Economics, Study Council
Contracting department
- Department of Economics
Contracting faculty
- Faculty of Social Sciences
Course Coordinators
- Frank Hansen (12-737f6e7b783b756e7b80727b4d72707c7b3b78823b7178)
Lecturers
Frank Hansen (frank.hansen@econ.ku.dk)