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Financial economics is an exciting new field of study that integrates the theory of finance and financial institutions into the main body of economic theory. In doing so, it draws on insights from general equilibrium analysis, information economics, and the theory of contracts. Financial Economics is a self-contained and comprehensive introduction to the field for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate economists and finance specialists. It develops the main ideas in finance theory, including the CAPM, arbitrage pricing, option pricing, and the Modigliani-Miller theorem within an economic framework. Students of economics are shown how finance theory derives from foundations in economic theory, while students of finance are given a firmer appreciation of the economic logic underlying their favourite results. Financial Economicsprovides all the technical apparatus necessary to read the modern literature in financial economics and the economics of financial institutions. The book is self

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INTRODUCTION ; PART I. SYMMETRIC INFORMATION: FINANCIAL MARKETS ; PART II. ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION: FINANCIAL CONTRACTS ; REFERENCES ; INDEX

Financial Economics

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      Publisher Oxford University Press, USA
      Published 4/24/1997 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN-13 9780198775409
      978-0198775409
      ISBN-10 0198775407
      Also in:
      Finance and the finance industry Monetary economics

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Financial economics is an exciting new field of study that integrates the theory of finance and financial institutions into the main body of economic theory. In doing so, it draws on insights from general equilibrium analysis, information economics, and the theory of contracts. Financial Economics is a self-contained and comprehensive introduction to the field for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate economists and finance specialists. It develops the main ideas in finance theory, including the CAPM, arbitrage pricing, option pricing, and the Modigliani-Miller theorem within an economic framework. Students of economics are shown how finance theory derives from foundations in economic theory, while students of finance are given a firmer appreciation of the economic logic underlying their favourite results. Financial Economicsprovides all the technical apparatus necessary to read the modern literature in financial economics and the economics of financial institutions. The book is self

      Table of Contents
      INTRODUCTION ; PART I. SYMMETRIC INFORMATION: FINANCIAL MARKETS ; PART II. ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION: FINANCIAL CONTRACTS ; REFERENCES ; INDEX

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