FINANCIAL ECONOMETRICS - 2020/1

Module Overview

Introduction to modern econometric techniques used in the analysis of financial time series. Topics include ARIMA models, ARCH & GARCH and Stochastic Volatility models, estimating and testing the CAPM, fractional integration and nonlinear models.

Module provider

Economics

Module Leader

RISPOLI Luciano (Economics)

Number of Credits: 15

ECTS Credits: 7.5

Framework: FHEQ Level 7

Module cap (Maximum number of students): N/A

Module Availability

Semester 2

Prerequisites / Co-requisites

None

Module content

Indicative content includes:

• Asset return processes: stationarity, random walks, tests for unit roots


• Conditional volatility: ARCH, GARCH, GARCH-M and E-GARCH models


• Stochastic volatility models


• Estimating and testing the Capital Asset Pricing Model


• Long term memory and fractional integration in stock market returns


• Non-linear models including SETAR, STAR, Markov models of regime switching

Assessment pattern

Alternative Assessment

Not applicable

Assessment Strategy

The assessment strategy is designed to provide students with the opportunity to demonstrate

• knowledge of different econometric techniques used with financial data series


• the practical ability to build and assess appropriate econometric models using actual data

Thus, the summative assessment for this module consists of:

• A class test (1 hour) in week 8


• A two-hour examination covering the econometric techniques discussed in the lectures, scheduled in weeks 13-15.

Formative assessment and feedback

Classes to provide verbal feedback on the exercises which teach the use of software to build models of financial data series and help prepare students for the coursework.

Module aims

• examine a variety of econometric techniques developed to analyse financial data series and use appropriate software to apply these techniques to estimate models of actual financial data 

Learning outcomes

Methods of Teaching / Learning

The learning and teaching strategy is designed to:

The lectures provide an understanding of a variety of econometric techniques used in modelling the characteristic features of financial data series. The classes give experience in applying appropriate software to estimate and critically assess different models of financial data series.

The learning and teaching methods include:

• 1 hour lecture per week x 11 weeks


• 1 hour class per week x 11 weeks

Indicated Lecture Hours (which may also include seminars, tutorials, workshops and other contact time) are approximate and may include in-class tests where one or more of these are an assessment on the module. In-class tests are scheduled/organised separately to taught content and will be published on to student personal timetables, where they apply to taken modules, as soon as they are finalised by central administration. This will usually be after the initial publication of the teaching timetable for the relevant semester.

Reading list

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Programmes this module appears in

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