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                      | Pre-requisites | (*)Fach  Einführung in die Betriebswirtschaftslehre, Fach  Einführung in die Volkswirtschaftslehre, Fach  Kernkompetenzen I aus Volkswirtschaftslehre UND zusätzliche positive Absolvierung KS Wachstum, Konjunktur und Wirtschaftspolitik oder KS Balance of Payments and Exchange Rates | 
   
                                
                    
                      | Original study plan | Bachelor's programme Business and Economics 2018W | 
                      
                    
                      | Objectives | Students will acquire a basic understanding of core theoretical concepts pertaining to financial markets which are embedded in a simple static model of financial economics. | 
                      
                    
                      | Subject | Introduction: Financial Terms and Concepts 
 Systems of Financial MarketsSpot Markets
 Contingent commodities and contracts
 
 Complete Financial MarketsBasic and Derived Securities
 Return expectations and the concept of arbitrage-free prices
 Arrow/Debreu securities
 
 Ordinary Securities MarketsConcept of 'no free lunch'
 Risk-neutral valuation: forwards & options
 
 Individual Decision-Making Under UncertaintyExpected utility
 Optimal portfolio of securities
 Basics of portfolio management
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                      | Criteria for evaluation | Written final examination 90%, exercises, contributions 10% | 
                       
                    
                                 
                    
                      | Methods | Lecture, practice exercises, contributions by students | 
                                     
                    
                      | Language | German | 
                      
                    
                      | Study material | Reading: 
 Eichberger; Harper, Financial Economics, Oxford University Press, 1997
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                      | Changing subject? | No | 
                                        
                      | Earlier variants | They also cover the requirements of the curriculum (from - to) 2IFMFMTK: KS Financial Markets (2001W-2015S)
 
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