Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati

Proposal for a New Course

Course Number & Title: BM713H – Research Methodology in Finance
L-T-P-C: 3-0-0-6
Course Content / Syllabus:

Introduction to financial econometrics, data gathering, types of data in finance; Review of the classical linear regression model; Univariate time series modelling and forecasting; Autoregressive processes, Moving Average processes, ARMA processes; Multivariate time series analysis, Vector autoregressive models; Cointegration; Modelling long-run financial behaviour; Stationarity and unit root testing; Error correction models; Modelling volatility: Autoregressive conditional heteroscedastic (ARCH) models, GARCH models, Asymmetric GARCH models, E-GARCH; Switching Models, Markov switching models.

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