Economic policies for international trade and finance rely on advanced understanding and high-level skills in quantitative economics. This specialisation will provide students with advanced knowledge of trade and finance theory combined with applied quantitative analysis and interpretation of trade and financial data.
Learning Outcomes
Understand and apply modern finance theory and modern trade theory to policy-relevant problems
Design and carry out quantitative analysis of financial and trade data
Interpret and analyse the results of empirical trade and finance analysis
Other Information
This specialisation is only available to students undertaking the Master of International and Development Economics degree program. IDEC8011 and IDEC8033 are eligible to provide credit on approval of the course convener provided that the research essay or project falls within the field of the specialisation.
Relevant Degrees
Requirements
This specialisation requires the completion of 24 units from the following international trade and finance courses:
ECON8006 International Trade Theory
ECON8015 International Economics
FINM7044 Applied Valuation
FINM7045 Asian Capital Markets
FINM8007 Topics in International Finance
FINM8016 Applied Portfolio Construction
IDEC8010 Quantitative International Economics
IDEC8011 Masters Research Essay
IDEC8014 Quantitative Financial Economics
IDEC8033 Research Project
IDEC8083 Financial Markets and Instruments
IDEC8127 Modelling the Global Economy: Techniques and Policy Implications
POGO8015 Foreign Direct Investment Policy
POGO8213 The Global Trading System
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