2013 Unit of Study
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| Behavioural Finance | |
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| UoS Code | FINC3023 |
| Credit points | 6 |
| Offered | Semester 1 |
| Prerequisites | FINC2011 |
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| Lectures | 1x 2hr lecture and 1x 1hr tutorial per week |
| Assessment | Mid-Semester Exam (30%); Group Assignment (20%); Final Exam (50%) |
| Description | Behavioural Finance explores financial market \\\'anomalies\\\' - factors that are not traditionally explained by efficient markets theory - such as why stock prices exhibit momentum and reversals, why large swings in stock prices occur over short time periods, and how individual investors differ from institutional investors. |