ECON PhD course: Financial Economics
Aarhus BSS Graduate School at Aarhus University
This course introduces the theoretical and empirical foundations necessary to develop a critical understanding of the literature in asset pricing and macro-finance. Emphasis is given to models of intertemporal choice under uncertainty, consumption-based asset pricing, asset pricing in general equilibrium in addition to classical theories of return predictability and factor models. The course also familiarizes the student with some advanced empirical methods commonly used to test various theories.
The course is intended for doctoral students in finance, economics and related fields.