Financial Economics

About this course

Financial economics sits at the intersection of two powerful and closely related disciplines. Economics provides the theoretical and empirical tools to understand how markets, incentives, and institutions shape the allocation of resources, while financial economics focuses those tools specifically on the study of financial markets, assets, institutions, and the decisions that investors, firms, and governments make about money, risk, and time. The combined discipline explains how capital is allocated across economies, how financial crises arise, how central bank decisions affect economic activity, and how individual investors and large institutions should think about return and risk. At the University of Essex, this four-year full-time programme develops your skills in core economic reasoning alongside applied financial insight. You will study how financial systems work, how markets allo

Where its graduates go

The 5 largest scored destinations, covering 63% of graduates; the headline also reflects the subject baseline.

• 72 / 100Information Technology Professionals · 3% of graduatescards →
• 60 / 100Business, Research and Administrative Professionals · 7% of graduatescards →
• 55 / 100Administrative occupations · 20% of graduatescards →
• 52 / 100Finance Professionals · 17% of graduatescards →
• 48 / 100Business and public service associate professionals · 16% of graduatescards →

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