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2011/2012 KAN-OE12 Asset Pricing
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| Asset Pricing |
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| Language | English |
| Point | 7,5 ECTS (225 SAT) |
| Type | Mandatory |
| Level | Full Degree Master |
| Duration | One Semester |
| Course Period | Autumn |
| Time Table | Please see course schedule at e-Campus |
| Max. participants | 25 |
| Study Board |
Study Board for MSc in Advanced Economics and Finance |
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| Last updated on 29 maj 2012 | |
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Students are required to:
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The duration of the exam is 18–20 minutes per student. Prepared power point presentation is a part of the exam. The exam has two parts: Part 1 (10 minutes): A short presentation of one of the topics provided before the exam. This presentation should be based on (prepared in advanced and brought to the exam location on USB drive or the like) power point presentation. This presentation should last for 10 minutes including time for clarifying questions from the evaluators. The presentation will be evaluated based on its clarity, precision, and focus on the central points (including that the student is able to get to these central points within the allocated 10 minutes). Creativity (such as selfmade graphs and figures which illustrates an important point) will be rewarded. It is important to have understood (and be able to defend) all claims in the presentation. No other types of notes or exam aids are allowed. There is no limit to the number of prepared slides, but it will be an integrated part of the evaluation which material (and how much/how little) the student has decided to put on the slides. Also the timing of the presentation will be an integrated part of the evaluation. At the beginning of the examination, the student draws one of the topics at random and immediately thereafter gives the presentation. Part 2 (8 minutes): The student is asked questions in parts of the curriculum different from the part covered in part 1. The questions will mainly focus on the curriculum covered as part of the other listed topics. For this part of the exam prepared slides are not allowed. The implementation exercise given during the semester is included in the curriculum and there may be questions related to this exercise in this part of the exam. In general, short and concise answers will be rewarded. Both precision and the ability to get to the point and the the ability to get around and have an overview of the curriculum will be strongly rewarded. | |||||||||||||||
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The students must hand in two written assignments during the course and must pass them both on an approved/not approved basis before the final exam. If a student - due to documented illness or failed attempts - does not pass both assignments, the student will be given a final chance to retake this part of the course by handing in a new assignment prior to the final exam. | |||||||||||||||
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The course provides the students with a profound knowledge of key concepts, relations, and models in general capital market theory. It is discussed how to represent uncertainty, the individuals and their preferences, assets and portfolios, and reasonable pricing systems in one- and multi-period settings, both discrete-time and continuous-time settings. The prices of financial assets are linked to the individuals’ optimal consumption choice, which lead to the Consumptions-based Capital Asset Pricing Model (C-CAPM). The empirical validity and practical use of consumption-based models as well as various factor models of asset pricing will be addressed and discussed. The theoretical content of the course will have an overlap with the course on Asset Pricing provided by the Danish Doctoral School of Finance. The course is a fundamental theoretical finance course with a focus on empirical applications. The course complements especially the courses on Corporate Finance and Econometrics; it is essential for fully understanding the second semester course on Derivatives and Risk Management and for understanding empirical investigations of asset pricing models. | |||||||||||||||
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The format of the course is based on three elements: 1. Class lecture devoted to the fundamental theoretical issues 2. Class exercises 3. Two written assignments, which the students have to pass before taking the final exam. | |||||||||||||||
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| Part of this course may also be taken as a Phd course for a limited number of Phd students. | |||||||||||||||
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Indicative: Cuthbertson and Nitzsche (2004): Quantitative Financial Economics, second edition, John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. | |||||||||||||||