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2023-2024 Cal State East Bay Catalog 
    
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ECON 450 - Introduction to Financial Economics


Units: 3
Analysis of the role of credit markets, public finance, and central banking in the aggregate economy. Starting from the inter-temporal consumption-saving model, this course illustrates several topics in financial economics, with an emphasis on the macroeconomic aspects of finance.

Prerequisites: ECON 200 and ECON 205; and either, ECON 300 or ECON 380.
Possible Instructional Methods: On-ground.
Grading: A-F grading only.
Course Typically Offered: Fall Alternate Years


Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:
  1. Upon completion of this course, students will be able to;
  2. Explain the basics of microeconomic models of inter-temporal decision making;
  3. Apply insights from information economics to study financial crises and failures of financial markets;
  4. Analyze the impact of borrowing constraints and collateral constraints both on consumption-saving decisions and in the aggregate economy;
  5. Explain the significance of public finance programs and regulations, and their consequences on interest rates, credit supply, and welfare.




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