ECON 340 - Financial Derivatives


Semester Offered: Second Semester
Credits (Range): 3 hours
Attribute: 3 SS, QP-F
New course added 08.04.11.

This course provides a thorough review of financial derivative contracts and their extraordinary growth in recent decades, from forwards and futures, to options, swaps, and credit derivatives. While we pay some attention to the role of derivatives in the panic of 2008, the emphasis is on how these instruments work, how they can be used to redistribute risk, and on principles and models of valuation.
Enrollment Limit: 20
Instructor: E. McKelvey
Consent of the Instructor Required? No
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisites: ECON 251 or ECON 211, ECON 253, MATH 133, and either MATH 335 or consent of instructor. Students may not receive credit for both ECON 241 and ECON 340.



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