BE953-7-AU-CO:
Research Methods in Finance
2024/25
Essex Business School
Colchester Campus
Autumn
Postgraduate: Level 7
Current
Thursday 03 October 2024
Friday 13 December 2024
20
23 July 2024
Requisites for this module
(none)
BE399
(none)
(none)
BE361, BE362
MSC N42012 Accounting and Finance,
MSC N42024 Accounting and Finance,
MSC N31012 Corporate and Investment Banking,
MSC N31024 Corporate and Investment Banking,
MRESN30012 Finance,
MSC N30012 Finance,
MSC N30024 Finance,
MSC N39012 Investment and Wealth Management,
MSC N39024 Investment and Wealth Management,
MSC N30212 Finance and Management,
MSC N30224 Finance and Management,
MSC N34212 Financial Engineering and Risk Management,
MSC N34224 Financial Engineering and Risk Management,
MSC N3G312 Financial Data Analytics,
MPHDN30048 Finance,
MPHDN30084 Finance,
PHD N30048 Finance,
PHD N30084 Finance,
MACCN440 Accounting and Finance,
MACCN441 Accounting and Finance (Including Placement Year),
MACCN442 Accounting and Finance (Including Year Abroad)
The primary purpose of this module is to provide the student with the basic econometric tools and experience necessary to begin conducting empirical research in finance.
The first part of this module covers a review of statistics and basic econometric models. The second part will concentrate on the application of econometric techniques in finance by considering such topics as (G)ARCH models, unit roots and cointegration.
The aims of this module are:
- To enable students to acquire the skills and techniques necessary to understand and critically evaluate the research literature.
- To enable students to develop and apply those skills and techniques when writing their dissertations over the spring and summer terms.
By the end of this module, students will be expected to be able to:
- To understand the OLS estimator and its limitations.
- To undertake estimation and tests of hypotheses using financial data.
- To use the EViews econometric package to obtain estimates and to be able to interpret the output from the package.
- To understand the econometric content in applied finance journals.
No additional information available.
This module will be delivered via:
- One 2-hour lecture each week.
- One 1-hour class each week.
Students will be assigned to a class and must attend that class.
The above list is indicative of the essential reading for the course.
The library makes provision for all reading list items, with digital provision where possible, and these resources are shared between students.
Further reading can be obtained from this module's
reading list.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
| Coursework / exam |
Description |
Deadline |
Coursework weighting |
| Coursework |
2,000 word assignment |
03/12/2024 |
50% |
| Coursework |
2,000 word assignment |
27/01/2025 |
50% |
Additional coursework information
Exam format definitions
- Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
- In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary,
for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.
Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.
Overall assessment
Reassessment
Module supervisor and teaching staff
Dr Christos Argyropoulos, email: c.argyropoulos@essex.ac.uk.
Dr Christos Argyropoulos & Prof Katerina Panopoulou
ebspgtad@essex.ac.uk
No
No
Yes
Dr Nikolaos Voukelatos
University of Kent
Senior Lecturer in Finance
Available via Moodle
Of 21 hours, 16 (76.2%) hours available to students:
5 hours not recorded due to service coverage or fault;
0 hours not recorded due to opt-out by lecturer(s), module, or event type.
Disclaimer: The University makes every effort to ensure that this information on its Module Directory is accurate and up-to-date. Exceptionally it can
be necessary to make changes, for example to programmes, modules, facilities or fees. Examples of such reasons might include a change of law or regulatory requirements,
industrial action, lack of demand, departure of key personnel, change in government policy, or withdrawal/reduction of funding. Changes to modules may for example consist
of variations to the content and method of delivery or assessment of modules and other services, to discontinue modules and other services and to merge or combine modules.
The University will endeavour to keep such changes to a minimum, and will also keep students informed appropriately by updating our programme specifications and module directory.
The full Procedures, Rules and Regulations of the University governing how it operates are set out in the Charter, Statutes and Ordinances and in the University Regulations, Policy and Procedures.