School Of BusinessEconomics and Finance Research MethodsWestern Sydney University Unit Code: 200440.2
Discipline: BANKING, FINANCE AND RELATED FIELDS NEC
Student Contribution Band: 3
Level: 5
Credit Points: 10
Assumed Knowledge
A knowledge of mathematics, statistics and basic econometrics associated with an undergraduate degree in economics or finance.
Prerequisite
200053 Economic Modelling OR 200054 Applied Econometrics
About this Unit
The unit is needed to provide a course in advanced econometrics which will expose the student to traditional and modern econometric methodologies and enable students to apply econometric methods to data analysis in their honours thesis. This unit exposes the student to a range of applied economic and finance research techniques. The scope of the unit includes economic and financial model building, estimation. The unit completes research method with economic and financial hypotheses testing and forecasting.