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Part Three – Postgraduate Units of StudyECFS993 Negotiation in Finance2 pg cpThis unit covers practical aspects of negotiation in corporatefinance. Sessions draw on game theory, psychology,interpersonal skills, business ethics, conflict resolutionand agency issues. Emphasis is given to preparingfor negotiations, negotiation strategy and assessment ofbenefits for each party, together with responding to externalfactors.ECFS994 Cashflow Structuring2 pg cpThis unit course covers issues in analysing and structuringcashflows in financial transactions. We examine commonmeasures of cashflows and complexities added bytax and leverage. Principles are stressed and practicalissues in implementing those principles. Leasing productsare studied, together with tips on using spreadsheets.ECON822 Microeconomics4 pg cpAn intensive analysis of the major topics in microeconomics.The course covers the theory of consumer behaviour,the theory of production and costs, market structuresfrom perfect competition to monopoly, factor marketsand elementary welfare economics. The theory is taughtin an applied context.ECON823 Macroeconomics4 pg cpAn intensive course in macroeconomics. Topics include:business cycle and economic growth, saving and investment,the monetary sector, fiscal and monetary policy:balance of payments, exchange rates, inflation and unemployment.ECON828 International Investment andRisk4 pg cpAnalysis of international portfolio and foreign directinvestment, international cost of capital; role of derivativesin global financial markets; international differencesin the cost of capital; global bonds and equitiesindices; foreign direct investment; hedging of internationalequity and bond portfolios in the forward marketand with stock index futures and options.ECON835 Applied Econometrics II4 pg cpThe aim of this unit is to familiarise students with the useof econometric techniques in applied economics. Journalarticles are selected to illustrate the different econometrictechniques introduced in this unit. Topics covered includeprinciples of modelling; time-series analysis; simultaneousequations; limited dependent variables.ECON840 Applied Econometrics I4 pg cpThis unit introduces statistical techniques used by economistsin the analysis of economic and financial data.Topics covered include descriptive statistics, probabilitydistributions, sampling and sampling distributions, pointestimation and interval estimation, hypothesis testing,regression analysis, elementary discussions of multicollinearity,autocorrelation, and heteroscedasticity.ECON842 Principles of MonetaryEconomics4 pg cpThis unit is concerned with the role of money in the economy;integration of monetary and value theory; rationalexpectations; money supply process; monetary implicationswhen reserve requirement is zero; optimum supplyof money; demand for money; financial model building;theory of interest rates; term structure of interest rates;Ricardian equivalence; credit rationing.ECON844 Monetary and Financial Policies4 pg cpThis unit examines a number of issues related to the conductof monetary and financial policies. Topics coveredinclude the definition of money, monetary targets andinstruments, the indicator problem; decision makingunder uncertainty, policy reaction functions; the governmentbudget constraint; control of monetary aggregates;rules versus discretion, nominal income, inflation andexchange rate targeting.ECON846 International Monetary Policy4 pg cpThe objective of this course is to examine selected issuesin international monetary economics. The selected issuesinclude: reform of the international monetary system androle of the IMF; savings, investment and the currentaccount, international liquidity, central bank intervention,external debt and European monetary union.ECON847 International Trade4 pg cpThis unit examines international trade both in theory andpractice. Topics include: inter- and intra-industry tradedetermination, explicit and implicit trade barriers, tradeand developing countries, trade blocs, Australia’s tradeand balance of payments, international trade andexchange rate movements, and international factor movement.ECON850 Economic Evaluation andPolicy4 pg cpThis unit examines the role of economic evaluation inpublic policy making and includes practical applications.Topics examined include the nature of public decisions,social objectives of efficiency and justice, the role of economics,the philosophical foundations of economics(value judgments and welfare criteria), the role of mar-249
Handbook of Postgraduate Studies – 2004kets and prices, the role of cost-benefit analysis and otherevaluation methods.ECON851 Public Finance4 pg cpThis unit examines public finance in theory and practice.It includes the nature and growth of the public sector,public versus private production; tax structure and criteriain Australia; equity and efficiency considerations intaxation policy; taxation, incentives and income distribution;tax reforms and international comparisons (income,consumption, wealth and property taxes).ECON852 Industry Regulation and PublicEnterprise4 pg cpThis unit is concerned with economic theory and policyof industry regulation and public enterprise as applicablein Australia and overseas. Topics covered include publicutility pricing, contracting out, privatisation, naturalmonopoly and contestability, merger policy, predatorypricing, consumer protection, competition policy rentseeking and regulatory capture.ECON853 Economics of Public Issues4 pg cpThis unit covers selected topic areas with an emphasis onthe application of economic theory and research methodsto particular public issues, including education, environment,energy policy, tourism, defence, housing, privatisation,transport, and the arts.ECON857 Economic Development andWorld Economic Order4 pg cpThis unit is concerned with the relevance of historicalexperience to the problems confronting developing countriestoday; economic and social factors affecting thedevelopment process; population and economic development;education, human capital and development; agriculturemodernisation and growth; urban-rural dichotomy;the relationship between equality and development;trade, aid and development.ECON859 Research Project4 pg cpThe submission requirement for ECON859 is a paper of30-50 typed pages in the format of an economics journalarticle. For further information see the course unit informationfor ECON880 Research Project B.ECON860 Advanced Microeconomics4 pg cpTopics include the Arrow-Debreu model, dynamic andintertemporal choice, price dependent preferences,Alternative theories of the firm, Hedonic prices and priceindices, Aggregation and applied welfare analysis;Alternative models of the economy: The Marxian model,the von-Neumann model.250ECON861 Advanced Macroeconomics4 pg cpThis unit provides a rigorous, analytical treatment ofopen economy macroeconomics based upon micro foundationswithin a dynamic (intertemporal) framework. Atthe same time, the course offers insights into practicaland current policy issues, for example, the policy implicationsof Japan/US current account imbalances, solvency,effectiveness of fiscal policy on the current account,exchange rates and output.ECON864 Mathematical Economics4 pg cpThe unit is concerned with the mathematical techniquesto problems of economic theory and policy. The theoreticalsection will deal with dynamics and comparative statics.The use of difference and differential equations inthe analysis of trade cycles and economic growth will bethe main concern of the dynamics component while thecomparative statics section deals with optimisation techniquesand the stability requirements that are obtainedfrom the dynamic analysis.ECON867 International FinancialManagement4 pg cpThe unit is concerned with the analytical techniques ofinternational finance and investment. Topics includeglobal flow of funds and international financial markets;foreign exchange markets; interest parity, arbitrage andcurrency speculation; purchasing power parity, real effectiveexchange; commodity swaps; short and long-termhedging of foreign currency risks, futures and options incurrencies.ECON880 Research Project B8 pg cpThe submission requirement for ECON880 is a paper of60-100 typed pages in the format of an economics journalarticle. It need not be solely primary researchalthough this is encouraged. It could take the form of acritical literature survey or provide a synthesis of somebody of economics literature. The paper should demonstratethe ability of the candidate to present research findingscarefully and in well written form. These units areessential for candidates who intend to continue their postgraduatestudies by research.ECON883 Ethical Perspectives onEconomics4 pg cpThis unit examines the relationship between moral andpolitical philosophy and economic theory with a view toa richer understanding of contentious policy issues.Topics covered include the meaning of ‘welfare’ in economics,distributive justice and economic theory, “rationality”and its ethical overtones, the relationship ofagency and freedom to wellbeing. No philosophicalbackground is presumed.
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