Courses Master Display 2024-2025

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Course title Workshops in Finance
Course code EBC4136
ECTS credits 6,5
Assessment Whole/Half Grades
Period
Period Start End Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri
Year 2-9-2024 6-7-2025 X X
Level Advanced
Coordinator Paulo Rodrigues
For more information: p.rodrigues@maastrichtuniversity.nl
Language of instruction English
Goals
The workshops in Finance have two purposes.
The first is to give Research master students a broad insight into current research in Financial Economics through a regular seminar series.
The second purpose is to provide Research master students with the skills needed in today’s scientific environment, such as presenting one’s research to a group of scientific peers and constructively discussing research papers.
Description
These goals will be attained through the attendance of a full academic year of a special seminar series in Financial Economics organised by the Finance Department, and in which senior of the department will participate.
Literature
W Thomson (2001) A guide for the young economist, MIT press.
Research papers of the finance department and to be discussed by the participants
Prerequisites
This course is in transition for the master Business Research.
See the Master Education and Examination Regulations for more information.

The following rule applies to master Business Research students who started the programme prior to academic year 2024-2025.
TRANSITIONAL REGULATION (XXXXX):
The master Business Research has been discontinued.
Courses of the Business Research master’s programme will continue to be offered until and including academic year 2025-2026 with exam opportunities running until and including 2026-2027.


PREREQUISITES:
Only for Research Master students.
Teaching methods (indicative; course manual is definitive) Presentation / Lecture
Assessment methods (indicative; course manual is definitive) Attendance / Participation
Evaluation in previous academic year For the complete evaluation of this course please click "here"
This course belongs to the following programmes / specialisations
Master Business Research - No specialisation Transitional Regulation
Master Business Research - Operations Research Transitional Regulation
Master Economic and Financial Research - Econometrics Elective Course(s)
Master Economic and Financial Research - No specialisation Elective Course(s)