谢菲尔德大学:商务金融与经济学专业
Core modules
Microeconomic Analysis
Microeconomics is concerned with the behaviour of individuals, households and firms, and their interactions. This module aims to develop the skills required for you to analyse microeconomic problems and theories. Provide an introduction to recent developments in advanced microeconomics. Develop your mathematical and analytical skills and further develop your skills of critical evaluation and appraisal in the context of advanced microeconomic theory.
Macroeconomic Analysis
To analyse the aims of monetary policy in advanced economies, including the design of optimal monetary policy. To provide you with an advanced understanding of fiscal policy, debt dynamics with references to sovereign debt crises. An introduction to the concept of financial frictions in the context of the recent financial crisis.
Econometric Methods
This modules aims to; provide thorough grounding in econometric techniques of the classical linear regression model; hypothesis testing and problems of non-spherical disturbances; introduce students to topics in microeconometrics including modelling discrete binary variables, censoring and sample selection; introduce students to topics in macroeconometrics including economic forecasting, stationarity, and cointegration; enable students to grasp the essentials of regression output to allow them to access journal articles; develop experience of using specialist econometric software STATA.
Modern Theory of Banking & Finance
The aim of this module is to introduce you to concepts associated with money, financial institutions, monetary policy and the economy. Particular attention will be paid to the role of money and interest rates in the economy and how they are interconnected to determine monetary policy.