Keio University Syllabus and Timetable

MONEY, BANKING, AND FINANCE A

SubtitleIntroduction to the theory of financial economics
Lecturer(s)SATO, YUKI
Credit(s)2
Academic Year/Semester2023 Spring (1st Half)
Day/PeriodMon.1/Tue.1
CampusMita
Class FormatOnline classes (mainly real-time format)
Registration Number91015
Faculty/Graduate SchoolECONOMICS
Department/MajorECONOMICS PEARL COURSE
Year Level3, 4
FieldMAJOR SUBJECTS CORE COURSES : F INSTITUTION AND POLICY
Course DescriptionTheoretical, empirical, and institutional aspects of finance will be covered.
K-Number FEC-EC-34152-222-07
Course AdministratorFaculty/Graduate SchoolFECECONOMICS
Department/MajorECECONOMICS
Main Course NumberLevel3Third-year level coursework
Major Classification4Major Subjects Course- Core Course
Minor Classification15Lecture - Institution and Policy
Subject Type2Elective required subject
Supplemental Course InformationClass Classification2Lecture
Class Format2Online classes (mainly real-time format)
Language of Instruction2English
Academic Discipline07Economics, business administration, and related fields

Course Contents/Objectives/Teaching Method/Intended Learning Outcome

This course provides an introduction to the theory of financial economics. The major topics of modern finance will be covered in a rigorous way but with no claim to generality. The course assumes standard knowledge (Hiyoshi-level) of microeconomics, calculus and probability theory. The students who took my "Introduction to Finance A" in 2019 or "Money, Banking, and Finance B" in 2018 are not allowed to take this course for credit.

This is a seven-week intensive course in the first half of the spring term. All the classes will be held online. We have two classes each week. In the first class, you watch a lecture video to understand the main concept of the topic. The video is on-demand so you can watch it anytime, as many times as you wish. In the second class, all the students and I meet online (Zoom) live to discuss one or two problems related to the video you have watched. Here, you will work with two to five students together in a group (in Zoom’s Breakout Rooms).

The first part of the course (Weeks 1-2) is a refresher on the basic economic concepts used throughout the course, such as expected utility, choice under uncertainty, or competitive equilibrium. The second part (Weeks 3-6) covers standard portfolio-choice problems and equilibrium asset-pricing models such as the mean-variance model, CARA-normal model and the CAPM. The third part (Week 7) studies a basic market microstructure model with asymmetric information (Glosten-Milgrom model).

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Textbooks

No required textbook. Lecture notes will be provided.

Reference Books

Danthine & Donaldson, Intermediate Financial Theory, Elsevier.
Mas-Colell, Whinston, & Green, Microeconomic Theory, Oxford University Press.

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