Course FMF104 · Year I · Autumn 2026-2027

FINANCIAL ECONOMETRICS

Compulsory course in Taxation and financial management, taught by Marcela Nicoleta Breaz.

Overview

Lecturer
Marcela Nicoleta Breaz
Seminar tutor
Marcela Nicoleta Breaz
Type of course
Compulsory
Language of instruction
Romanian
Erasmus language
English
Domain
Finance - Masters
Field of study
Taxation and financial management
Form of education
Full-time
Form of instruction
Class / Seminary
Credit awarded by
Grade
Teaching methods
Instruction is a combination of lectures, seminars and individual work; there are also compulsory assignments. There is 80% attendance requirement for seminars.
Entry requirements
Statistics FB221, Econometrics FB321 - recommended but not mandatory

Aims

The course aims to provide theoretical knowledge and practical skills related to quantitative analysis.

It is focused on modeling in econometrics and prediction in financial phenomena.

The issues described in this course are concerned with econometrics models based on time series with applicability in risk models,

Course contents

I. Examples and applications related to the role of time series in financial econometrics II. Applications for financial series modeling, based on autoregressive - moving average - ARIMA models and Garch models III. Aplications and case studies related to econometrics models for stationary and nonstationary financial series

Learning outcomes

- assimilating fundamental knowledge in the field of modeling and prediction of financial time series. - forming aptitudes needed for the analysis and prediction of financial series and for the elaboration of financial econometric models. - developing the capacity to analyze, communicate and control financial decisional models.

Assessment

Final evaluation–project based on a particular econometric model related to real time series : Assessment of the specific knowledge during the presentation of the project (90% of the final grade).

Recommended reading

Applied Econometric Time Series
W. Enders
John Willey and Sons, INC, Series in Probability and Mathematical Statistics, Iowa, 1995 · -
Econometric Methods, 4th ed
J. Johnston, J. DiNardo
Mc Graw-Hill, New York, 1997 · -
Essential Statistics, Regression, and Econometrics, 1st Edition
G. Smith
Elsevier, Academic Press, -, 2011 · -
Mathematics And Statistics For Business, Management And Finance,
L. Swift
MacMillan Publishers LTD, Hampshire, 1997 · -