Announcement as of 11/15/2007
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There will be no office hours on Thursday, November 29th.
Additional office hours for final exam will be held on Monday, December 10th in the large conference room in Condon Hall, Third Floor, Room 309 from 10:30 am - 1:30 pm. Come prepared with questions on previous exams or to work problems with others. |
Course Description
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Economics 422 is an introduction to the basic concepts underlying finance theory. The theory of finance is concerned with the ways in which individuals and firms allocate resources through time. The theory seeks to explain how the allocation of resources through time is facilitated by (a) firms which provide the means by which individuals physically transform current resources into resources available in the future (production-investment decision) and (b) capital markets which provide a mechanism by which individuals can exchange resources over time. Students will learn basic details on a number of different security types and a number of major financial markets. Relevant financial calculations will be presented as well as real world examples. Core models of the field will be presented with additional exposure to current trends in finance theory. |
Texts
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- Ross, Westerfield, & Jaffe,
Corporate Finance (Eighth Edition)
, McGraw Hill Irwin
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- Hal Varian,
Intermediate Microeconomics
, WW Norton Co.
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- David Hirschleifer, Jack Hirschleifer,
Price Theory & Applications
, Prentice Hall
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- Burton G. Malkiel,
A Random Walk Down Wall Street
, WW Norton
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