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International Finance Lecture Notes by Enrique G. Mendoza
A formal study of International Macroeconomics with emphasis on financial crises and policy responses in open economies. Topics covered include: macroeconomic equilibrium in open economies, theories of current account and exchange rate determination, the effects of exchange rate adjustments, macroeconomic policy under fixed and floating exchange rates, currency crises, and financial contagion.
Author(s): Enrique G. Mendoza
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Principles of Finance by Julie Dahlquist
This book available both in PDF and online covers the following topics related to Principles of Finance : Introduction to Finance, Corporate Structure and Governance, Economic Foundations: Money and Rates, Accrual Accounting Process, Financial Statements, Measures of Financial Health, Time Value of Money I: Single Payment Value, Time Value of Money II: Equal Multiple Payments, Time Value of Money III: Unequal Multiple Payments Values, Bonds and Bond Valuation, Stocks and Stock Valuation, Historical Performance of US Markets, Statistical Analysis in Finance, Regression Analysis in Finance, How to Think about Investing, How Companies Think about Investing, How Firms Raise Capital,The Importance of Trade Credit and Working Capital in Planning, Risk management and the Financial Manager.
Author(s): Julie Dahlquist, Texas Christian University, Rainford Knight, Florida Atlantic University, Alan S. Adams, Dean College
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Principles of Finance by Helmut Elsinger
This note covers the following topics: Single-period random cash flows, Stocks, Mean-variance portfolio theory, Utility theory, Capital Asset Pricing Model, Factor models, Multi-period deterministic cash flows, Fixed income securities, Floating rate.
Author(s): Helmut Elsinger
260 Pages
An Introduction to Computational Finance
This note covers the following topics: The First Option Trade, The Black-Scholes Equation, The Risk Neutral World, Monte Carlo Methods, The Binomial Model, Derivative Contracts on non-traded Assets and Real Options, Discrete Hedging, Derivative Contracts on non-traded Assets and Real Options, Discrete Hedging, Jump Diffusion, Regime Switching, Mean Variance Portfolio Optimization.
Author(s): Peter Forsyth
123 Pages
Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance
Objective of this note is to provide a basic framework of public finance at the macroeconomic level, starting from fiscal and monetary policy in a standard macroeconomics, public debt in a growing economy, cost-benefit analysis, public goods, international debt and international tax issues. Topics covered includes: Monetary and Fiscal Policy, Structure of the Budgetary Process, Revenue Forecasting, Public Debt, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Public Goods and Bads, Local Public Finance, Finance and Development, International Issues in Public Finance and Social Security
Author(s): Hitotsubashi University
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Introduction to public finance
This book contains a simple outline of those things which are necessary to prepare the student for independent research; a brief discussion of the leading principles that are generally accepted , a statement of unsettled principles with the grounds for controversy and sufficient references to easily accessible works and sources to enable the student to form some opinion for himself. Topics covered includes: Public Expenditure, Public Revenues, Public Indebtedness and Financial Administration.
Author(s): Plehn, Carl C
477 Pages
Personal Finance by Rachel Siegel
This book covers the following topics: Personal Financial Planning, Basic Ideas of Finance, Financial Statements, Evaluating Choices: Time, Risk, and Value, Financial Plans: Budgets, Taxes and Tax Planning.
Author(s): Rachel Siegel
456 Pages
The A B C of finance or The money and labor questions familiarly explained to common people
This book covers the following topics: What Society does for the Laborer, Capital and Labor, Starvation Wages, One Dollar, Value cannot be given by Government, The Value of Paper Money, Why has the Greenback any Value, The Mystery of Money, Evil of a Depreciating Currency: A Few Facts, The Lessons of History, The Public Faith, The Cause and the Remedy.
Author(s): Simon Newcomb
128 Pages
This course note introduces the core theory of modern financial economics and financial management, with a focus on capital markets and investments. Topics include functions of capital markets and financial intermediaries, asset valuation, fixed-income securities, common stocks, capital budgeting, diversification and portfolio selection, equilibrium pricing of risky assets, the theory of efficient markets, and an introduction to derivatives and options.
Author(s): Prof.Andrew Lo
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The objective of this lecture note is to learn the financial tools needed to make good business decisions and presents the basic insights of corporate finance theory, but emphasizes the application of theory to real business decisions.
Author(s): Prof. Dirk Jenter and Prof. Katharina Lewellen
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This course note covers econometric and statistical methods as applied to finance.
Author(s): Jianqing Fan
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