Universität Wien

040176 KU Asset Pricing 1 (MA) (2022S)

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 4 - Wirtschaftswissenschaften
Continuous assessment of course work
Moodle

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 50 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes

The Asset Pricing 1 course takes place in the first half of the semester.

Circumstances permitting the course and the final exam are scheduled on-site. In case of a deterioration of the pandemic situation it will be moved online.

Dates:
Wed, 02.03.2022, 08.00-09.30, HS 6, OMP1, 1st floor
Mon, 07.03.2022, 08.00-09.30, HS 6, OMP1, 1st floor
Wed, 09.03.2022, 08.00-09.30, HS 6, OMP1, 1st floor
Mon, 14.03.2022, 08.00-09.30, HS 6, OMP1, 1st floor
Wed, 16.03.2022, 08.00-09.30, HS 6, OMP1, 1st floor
Mon, 21.03.2022, 08.00-09.30, HS 6, OMP1, 1st floor
Wed, 23.03.2022, 08.00-09.30, HS 6, OMP1, 1st floor
Mon, 28.03.2022, 08.00-09.30, HS 6, OMP1, 1st floor
Wed, 30.03.2022, 08.00-09.30, HS 6, OMP1, 1st floor
Mon, 04.04.2022, 08.00-09.30, HS 6, OMP1, 1st floor
Wed, 06.04.2022, 08.00-09.30, HS 6, OMP1, 1st floor
Mon, 25.04.2022, 08.00-09.30, HS 6, OMP1, 1st floor
Wed, 27.04.2022, 08.00-09.30, HS 6, OMP1, 1st floor
Mon, 02.05.2022, 08.00-09.30, HS 6, OMP1, 1st floor
Wed, 04.05.2022, 08.00-09.30, HS 6, OMP1, 1st floor

The final exam will take place at Wed, 04.05.2022, 08:00-09:30.

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The course Asset Pricing I is the first part of a sequence on asset pricing. Asset Pricing I analyses the determinants of asset prices in a complete market setting under symmetric information. Asset Pricing II extends the analysis to the empirically more relevant incomplete market setting with asymmetric information and liquidity risk.

Accordingly, this course lays the foundations for a deeper understanding of the determinants of asset prices. It discusses the role of cash-flow expectations and various notions of risk on the prices of traded securities.

The role of informational asymmetries on market participation, liquidity and, hence, asset prices will be the topic of the advanced course Asset Prices II.

While the course is mainly theoretical, all its motivation as well as the validation of the theories developed in this course is empirical and data-driven.

Assessment and permitted materials

Written (final, homework, quizzes) and oral (presentations, active participation). Participation can only be assessed, when the camera is activated on Zoom.

the final will carry 50% of the points

homework will carry 25% of the points provided the results can be presented in a coherent way

active participation will carry another 25%

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

In order to pass the course at least 25 points need to be achieved in the final and overall 50% of the total score is required.

Examination topics

Presentations of the lecturer including presentation slides, student presentations, reading list

Reading list

Textbooks:

• Cochrane, J.: Asset Pricing, Princeton University Press, 2nd revised edition, 2009.
• Hens, T. and M.O. Rieger: Financial Economics, Springer, 2010.
• Skiadas, C.: Asset Pricing Theory, Oxford University Press, 2009.

Further literature will be made available on Moodle.

Association in the course directory

Last modified: Th 03.03.2022 15:47