BEHAVIORAL FINANCE
This course is a complementary part of an introductory course in general finance. Due to its broad coverage, participants can not confuse this course with behavioral economics or other more specific courses such as behavioral assert pricing, behavioral corporate finance, behavioral portfolio management or modern investment stragegies and so on. This course provides an overview […]
INTERNATIONAL TRADE THEORY AND POLICY
Among the questions addressed in the course are the following: Why do countries trade? What are the costs and benefits of international trade? What explains the geographic and commodity composition of trade? How does trade affect the distribution of income in individual countries and the world as a whole? What is the effect of various […]
MONEY BANKING
The objective of the course is to introduce students to the nature and functioning of financial markets and the role they play in a market-oriented economy, as well as providing an understanding of monetary policy and financial regulation. Students will be made aware of the fact that the financial system is segmented in the sense […]
PROJECT APPRAISAL
The course will be divided into two parts. Approximately the first half of the course will deal with the financial and risk analyses of projects, while the second half of the course will deal with the economic and social analyses of projects. The first half of the course deals with the construction of cash flow […]
DATA SCIENCE AND APPLICATIONS
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY FOR ECONOMISTS
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
ECONOMETRICS
In this course, we study how economists use econometric models to analyze data, and in so doing, investigate the real world and suggest policy implications to policy makers. This course introduces the standard methods for estimating relationships between observed variables, and testing hypotheses about economic relationships based on economic theories.
CORPORATE FINANCE
The course provides an understanding of the fundamental concepts of Corporate Finance. Topics covered include corporate governance, the risk and return underpinnings of the cost of capital, capital structure choice, dividends, merger and acquisitions
INTERNATIONAL FINANCE
DEVELOPMENT FINANCE
The aim of this course is to introduce and analyse the issues and debates surrounding development finance, at both a global and local level. Topics covered in the course include: • Financial theory as a framework for analysis • Relationship between finance, growth, development, and poverty alleviation • Financial repression and liberlization • Domestic financial […]
ACADEMIC WRITING
The course sets out to provide learners with an opportunity to enhance their English academic writing. Specifically, learners will be able to: produce a long piece of writing that is well organised; structure different types of academic essays appropriately; express complex ideas coherently; understand and accurately use academic writing conventions; follow a formal style of […]
STATISTICS FOR BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC
ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS
Environmental economics is designed to enable students to understand the linkages between economic activities and the environment and vice versa. It discusses the theories and the tools that can be used to understand and measure these relationships so that appropriate decisions on how best to manage the environment and the natural resources can be identified.
MACROECONOMICS
MICROECONOMICS
This course will explore the decision making of economic agents (consumers and firms), how they respond to changes in the opportunities and constraints that they face and how they interact in markets.