Essex pushes the frontiers of accepted wisdom, critically examining the decisions of individuals, the strategies of firms, and the policies of governments to understand and challenge the standard paradigms of economics. In this course, students build a thorough understanding of the key areas of economics, oriented towards the economics of financial markets. So, for students who want to specialize in financial economics, but their first degree isn’t in economics, or their previous economics training doesn’t suit Essex’s MSc courses, the MA Financial Economics may be the right choice.

There’s always something fascinating going on in this Essex department, from regular lively debates with prestigious speakers in seminars, workshops and conferences to cutting-edge papers being published in leading journals, including American Economic Review, Econometrica, and Review of Economic Studies.