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Fachkompetenz
  • Illustrate patterns and trends in international trade
  • Outline theories of international trade theory and policy
  • Summarize models of exchange rate determination
  • Describe international financial markets
  • Explain on theoretical grounds why countries trade and why governments may restrict international trade
  • Classify national income and balance of payments accounts
  • Apply an appropriate theoretical approach to explain real phenomena in international economics
  • Apply a theoretical approach to determine the short-run and long-run behavior of exchange rates
  • Differentiate effects of various policy intervention on international trade patterns and volumes
  • Point out the effects of changes in international exchange rates
  • Distinguish government financial intervention with monetary policy
  • Identify challenges in international trade and monetary policy
  • Forecast international trade dynamics under given policy frameworks
  • Develop scenarios for the short-run and long-term behavior of exchange rates and monetary regimes
  • Test theories of international economics to explain past developments in world trade and finance
  • Judge the applicability of theoretical approaches in international economics to evaluate and predict future behavior of market participants
Selbstkompetenz
  • repeat the contents of lectures, exercises and case studies in a self-organized way
  • assess their own learning progress during lectures, exercises, case studies and self-study (e.g., participation in discussions, solving exercises, presenting solutions)
  • identify their own strengths and weaknesses
  • tolerate different opinions and working styles (e.g., during classroom discussions, in online forums)
Sozialkompetenz
  • listen to the lecturer and their colleagues.
  • work together to solve the assignments of the case study, communicate with each other and give support.
  • evaluate their selves and their contribution in the team with relation to cooperation, communication and troubleshooting.
  • develop their social competences while working in a team and adapt these competences to optimize the result of the teamwork.
  • support other team members while presenting the results and provide proper argumentation for the solution path chosen in the case study.
Selbstkompetenz
  • erlangen Vertrauen in die eigene Rolle und in die überzeugende und rechenschaftspflichtige Art und Weise, wie diese vermittelt wird
  • kennen eine organisierte und effiziente Abwicklung von Arbeitsprozessen
  • besitzen Anpassungsfähigkeit und können Situationen bewältigen, welche durch laufende Veränderungen hervorgerufen werden
Sozialkompetenz
  • erklären, diskutieren und kritisieren die eigene Arbeit durch mündliche Präsentationen, schriftliche und visuelle Kommunikation
  • verwalten die Entwicklung ihrer Arbeit sowohl auf technischer als auch auf koordinativer Ebene im Umgang mit allen Projektplanern und Projektplanerinnen (Architektinnen und Architekten, Ingenieurinnen und Ingenieure, Unternehmerinnen und Unternehmer usw.)
Methodenkompetenz
  • identifizieren Schlüsselelemente von Problemstellungen und wählen angemessene Methoden
  • erlernen Werkzeuge, um eine Vision kreativ umzusetzen
  • wenden einer Vielzahl von Design- und Forschungsmethoden und Visualisierungstechniken an
Sozialkompetenz
  • Understand and critically discuss the arguments of fellow students.
  • Work together in small groups to solve assignments and small examples discussed in class.
  • Evaluate the solutions of fellow students; explain carefully why they might be right or wrong.
  • Understand the flaws and problems of fellow students, reaction without offense.
  • React to other opinions and defend their solution without being offended.
Methodenkompetenz
  • Know the requirements for the basic models of portfolio optimization and market equilibrium theory.
  • Understand the implications and flaws of these models.
  • Apply these models in changing market conditions.
  • Find and use the model needed in a specific situation/setting.
  • Apply the models in individual assignments and in a group business game.
  • Evaluate outcomes and discuss them critically.
  • Understand the applicability and validity of the different models.
  • Evaluate models and decide upon which of the models fits their needs best.
Fachkompetenz
  • Know the basic asset classes and their respective financial instruments.
  • Know the difference between strategical and tactical asset allocation.
  • List the requirements and repeat the basic concepts of Mean-Variance Theory.
  • Know the difference between Sharpe-Ratio and Information-Ratio
  • List the requirements and how to derive the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM).
  • Know how to extend the Single-index-Model to Multi-Factor Models.
  • Know the concepts of Arbitrage and how to derive the resulting model of Arbitrage Pricing Theory (APT).
  • Understand the basic financial instruments and their pricing.
  • Describe the optimal investment process.
  • Understand portfolio statistics and underlying statistical concepts.
  • Explain the difference between risky and risk-free assets.
  • Describe the outcomes of portfolio theory in a risk-return diagram.
  • Understand the concept of risk, its decomposition into unsystematic and systematic risk, and the effects of (naïve) diversification.
  • Understand the concept of beta in the Single-Index Model.
  • Understand the concept of beta and the market risk-premium in context of the Capital Asset Pricing Model.
  • Understand the concept of beta and factor portfolios in the Multi-Factor-Model.
  • Understand the concepts of Arbitrage.
  • Understand why APT is a much more general concept of market equilibrium than CAPM.
  • Understand the working and pricing of fixed income securities.
  • Understand the term structure of interest rates and their influence on the prices of fixed income securities.
  • Understand the implications of the Efficient Markets Hypothesis on financial markets.
  • Calculate the risk and return of financial instruments based on observable market values.
  • Calculate the Minimum-Variance-Portfolio.
  • Calculate the optimal risky portfolio.
  • Calculate the idiosyncratic and the market-specific risk of a portfolio.
  • Calculate an optimal portfolio in the context of Single-Index-Models.
  • Calculate the Security Market Line in the CAPM and derive Arbitrage Opportunities thereon.
  • Calculate Bond Yields, Duration and other measures of fixed income securities and fixed income portfolios.
  • Know how to design an event study to test and identify flaws of the Efficient Market Hypothesis.
  • Perform financial statement analysis.
  • Estimate Index-Models, and how to derive an optimal portfolio in this context.
  • Analyze financial instruments in the common context of Mean-Variance Theory.
  • Understand the Two-Fund Separation Theorem and derive the Capital Market Line.
  • Find Arbitrage Opportunities.
  • Relate different concepts of market equilibrium.
  • Identify and exploit arbitrage opportunities.
  • Identify the efficiency of financial markets.
  • Combine different assets in an optimal portfolio.
  • Relate the concept of the risk-return tradeoff to the optimal allocation of assets.
  • Relate the concept of the Efficient Market Theory to observed market conditions.
  • Evaluate the different models in the context of changing market conditions.
  • Decide upon investment opportunities by evaluating any type of equity and fixed income securities.
  • Evaluate equity and fixed income instruments.
  • Evaluate optimal allocations of assets in the Markowitz Context.
Selbstkompetenz
  • nehmen die eigene Lernfähigkeit und Lernbereitschaft wahr.
  • kommunizieren selbstständig, reflektieren ihr eigenes Handeln und nehmen eine richtige Selbsteinschätzung vor.
  • übernehmen durch ihre Selbstdisziplin, Flexibilität und Zielorientierung Verantwortung wahr.
  • zeichnen sich durch Einsatzfreude, Pflichtbewusstsein und Zuverlässigkeit aus.
  • vertreten ihre Selbstständigkeit und Selbstmotivation und beeinflussen dadurch in positiver Weise ihren Leistungswillen.
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