The research direction is slightly different:
Economics is biased towards theoretical research and finance is biased towards practical application.
Employment gap:
What finance mainly needs is your experience, not more theoretical knowledge. However, there is more room for the study of economics, and the employment of graduate students is wider. Therefore, the economics major is relatively easy to test; If you want to work directly, you may want to consider finance.
Differences in working intensity:
Economics and graduates majoring in economics generally work in graduate schools with little restrictions, while graduates majoring in finance earn a lot of money, but they are very tired. In a broader sense, finance belongs to the field of economic research, and finance is to study the economic activities in the financial currency circulation market (such as futures, stocks, bonds, insurance banks, venture capital, etc.). ).
The major of general economics seen in universities mainly focuses on academic research and covers a wide range, so it is generally not aimed at specific and practical economic disciplines. However, many new branches of economics have been derived from the basic theoretical research of economics, such as the analytical methods of information economics and environmental economics.
On the other hand, finance originated from economics, but now it has been relatively independent from economics and has a relatively systematic research method.
At the same time, modern finance still stays within the framework of neoclassical analysis of modern economics, which is characterized by starting with the rational behavior of micro-subjects (irrational behavior, such as anchoring effect, is also considered in behavioral finance examination), constructing a market equilibrium system considering time and uncertain factors, and investigating the mechanism and role of financial system in the intertemporal allocation of resources.