Description:
| Aims: This unit is designed to provide students with fundamentals of financial decision-making theory and corporate policy.
Learning Outcomes: At the end of the unit students will be expected to:
(a) calculate and assess appropriate investment appraisal criteria in a multi-period framework.
(b) understand theories of investors' behaviour under uncertainty.
(c) use and critically evaluate various techniques of asset pricing.
Skills: 1. Numeracy (T/A).
2. Problem-solving (F/A)
3. Critical Thinking (F/A)
4. Time management (F/A).
5. Writing skills (A).
6. Use of IT (F).
Content: Consumption and Investment Decision-making, Theory of Choice under Uncertainty; Real Options; Investment Appraisal; Mean-Variance Theory; Capital Market Equilibrium; Cost of Capital; Basics of Derivatives and Hedging.
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