NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY 
ECO3018: Financial Economics 
Final Examination Guide and Notes 2026 
 
Part 01. About This Guide 
Part 02. Sample Final Examination Paper 
Part 03. Suggested Solutions to Final Exam Paper 
Part 04. Final Examination - Hints and Tips 
 
The 24/7 Online Support You Deserve
Need to reach out to us with questions or for help? You’ll connect with a private tutor who is extremely passionate about the module to provide assistance and help ensure that you’re on the right track to graduating.
 
Looking for more study resources?
Find out about all the services and resources available for students at Newcastle University

Newcastle University - ECO3018: Financial Economics

£25.00

ACADEMIC YEAR 2025 - 2026

University	Newcastle University
Study Level	Undergraduate
Module Code	ECO3018
Module Name	Financial Economics
Notes Title	Final Examination Guide and Notes
Page Length	28

Prepare for ECO3018: Financial Economics at Newcastle University with a clear, one-stop set of notes aligned to what is examinable in the final, explaining the exam format and typical question types, providing sample papers with step-by-step worked solutions, and offering concise coverage of core models, formulae, and methods - plus practical tips on common pitfalls and time management, so you can structure revision efficiently, practise exam-style problems, and approach the final with confidence.

Aims:

To develop an understanding of tasks facing participants in the bond and stock markets. To introduce students to the Efficient Markets debate. To introduce students to the practical side of financial market risk management, and to develop an understanding of competing views of financial market behaviour.

The module aims to familiarise students with the workings of the financial markets and financial decision making. It is designed to provide an understanding of investment decision making, the main financial models for valuing asset in conditions of certainty and uncertainty, and the importance of market efficiency. Asset values and rates of return will be examined together with the use of portfolios in risk diversification. The course will review the main asset pricing models and consider the problems encountered when testing them empirically. Finally the main theoretical issues that are currently outstanding in this field will be discussed.

Outline Of Syllabus:

Introduction to Finance and Investment Appraisal
Valuation and Portfolio Theory
Asset Pricing Models
Efficient Markets
Bond Markets
Options and Futures

MODULE CODE	MODULE NAME
ACC1003	Introduction to Accounting and Finance
ACC1010	Introduction to Financial Accounting
ACC1011	Introduction to Management Accounting and Finance
ACC1012	Professional Skills for Accounting and Finance
ACC1053	Introductory Quantitative Methods and Principles of Taxation
ACC2002	Managerial and Business Economics
ACC2005	Intermediate Financial Accounting
ACC2007	Responsible Corporate Finance
ACC3001	Financial Accounting
ACC3004	Derivative Markets
ACC3006	International Financial Management
BUS1001	Introduction to Management and Organisation
ECO1007	Statistical Methods for Economics
ECO1009	Analysing Economic Data
ECO1017	Introductory Economics
ECO1020	Introductory Macroeconomics
ECO2009	Econometric Analysis
ECO3001	Advanced Microeconomics
ECO3018	Financial Economics
MKT1002	Introduction to Marketing

UKNOTES.

Newcastle University - ECO3018: Financial Economics

INFORMATION

MODULE DESCRIPTION

RELATED MODULES