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ACCFIN4079: Econometric Methods for Accounting and Finance 
Final Examination Guide and Notes 2024 
 
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University of Glasgow - ACCFIN4079: Econometric Methods for Accounting & Finance

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ACADEMIC YEAR 2023 - 2024

University	University of Glasgow
Study Level	Undergraduate
Course Code	ACCFIN4079
Course Name	Econometric Methods for Accounting and Finance
Notes Title	Final Examination Guide and Notes
Page Length	76

The ACCFIN4079: Econometric Methods for Accounting and Finance, University of Glasgow - Final Examination Guide and Notes 2024 is invaluable to teach yourself the course from the first day of class until your last review before the exam. This comprehensive and easy-to-understand set of notes covers all lecture content and examinable topics for the course. It also offers vital information on exam format, what will be on the exam and key concepts you should be focusing your studies on. You can use these notes as a reference, to understand the topics better and improve your grades in the final examination.

The Econometric Methods for Accounting and Finance ACCFIN4079 course - is designed to extend your knowledge on a set of important tools in modelling financial and accounting data. This course will build on material covered in the Statistical Analysis course, testing theories on whether firms' decision-makers are involved in value-enhancing investments. You will be exposed to the multivariate case based on the Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) technique, Time Series Analysis methods, and Forecasting techniques. This course will also test beliefs about how financial markets function, providing insights of academic interest and practical importance on crucial elements influencing financial decisions.

By the end of this course, you should be able to:

Evaluate the properties of OLS estimators and adjust them to accommodate statistical irregularities.
Analyse contemporary measures of risk management and practices in financial institutions.
Identify the forms of business organisations and explain the three principal types of business.
Evaluate firm profitability and compare the profitability of firms using the rate of return.
Apply the concept of quality of accounting information.
Develop financial statement forecasts including balance sheets, income statements, and statement of cash flows.
Estimate risk-adjusted expected rates of return.
Estimate the firm value using dividend-based, cash-flow-based, earnings-based and market-based valuation approaches.
Analyse and assess corporate and financial market data through on-line data sources for use in the decision-making process.
Efficiently retrieve, organise and analyse large amounts of data for use in Excel based models.
Distinguish the appropriate financial valuation model and use it to value common asset classes.

COURSE CODE	COURSE NAME
ACCFIN1001	Introduction to Business Reporting and Financial Accounting
ACCFIN1003	Finance 1
ACCFIN1004	Financial Accounting 1
ACCFIN1006	Introduction to Management Accounting and Control
ACCFIN1016	Introduction to Finance, Investments and Institutions
ACCFIN2002	Finance 2
ACCFIN2003	Financial Accounting 2
ACCFIN2018	Statistical Analysis and Methods
ACCFIN4010	Capital Markets and Portfolio Management
ACCFIN4040	Derivative Securities
ACCFIN4070	Corporate Finance
ACCFIN4079	Econometric Methods for Accounting and Finance
ACCFIN4081	Financial Management
ECON1001	Economics 1A
ECON1002	Economics 1B
ECON2001	Economics 2A
ECON2002	Economics 2B
ECON4003	Econometrics 1: Introduction to Econometrics
ECON4004	Econometrics 2: Multiple Regression and Applications
MGT1025	Current Topics in Marketing

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