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Title:
Financial economics
Author:
Fabozzi, Frank J.
ISBN:
9780470596203
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Publication Information:
Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, c2012.
Physical Description:
xvii, 652 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
General Note:
Includes index.
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Introduction -- pt. I FINANCE IN A CERTAINTY WORLD WITH A PERFECT CAPITAL MARKET -- ch. 2 Consumer Financial Decisions -- ch. 3 Creating Wealth by Investing in Productive Opportunities -- ch. 4 How Investors Value Firms -- ch. 5 Firm Financing Decisions in a Perfect Capital Market -- ch. 6 Firm Investment Decisions -- pt. II FINANCIAL SYSTEM -- ch. 7 Financial Systems, Governance, and Organization -- ch. 8 Market, Intermediary, and Internal Governance -- pt. III TOOLS FOR COPING WITH RISK -- ch. 9 The Microeconomic Foundations of Financial Economics -- ch. 10 Contingent Claims and Contingency Strategies -- ch. 11 Risk and Risk Management -- ch. 12 On Choosing Risk Measures -- pt. IV SELECTION AND PRICING OF RISKY ASSETS -- ch. 13 Mean-Variance Portfolio Choice -- ch. 14 Capital Asset Pricing Model -- ch. 15 The APT and Factor Models -- ch. 16 General Principles of Asset Pricing -- ch. 17 Pricing Corporate Securities --

Contents note continued: pt. V DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS -- ch. 18 Pricing Derivatives by Arbitrage: Linear Payoff Derivatives -- ch. 19 Pricing Derivatives by Arbitrage: Nonlinear Payoff Derivatives -- pt. VI CAPITAL MARKET IMPERFECTIONS AND THE LIMITS TO ARBITRAGE -- ch. 20 Capital Market Imperfections and Financial Decision Criteria -- ch. 21 Impediments to Arbitrage -- pt. VII CAPITAL STRUCTURE DECISIONS IN IMPERFECT CAPITAL MARKETS -- ch. 22 When Capital Structure Decisions Matter -- ch. 23 Financing Decisions in Practice -- ch. 24 Financial Contracting and Deal Terms -- pt. VIII INCORPORATING RISK IN CAPITAL BUDGETING DECISIONS -- ch. 25 Capital Expenditure Plans in a Risky World -- ch. 26 Evaluating Project Risk in Capital Budgeting.
Abstract:
"Financial Economics has quickly established itself as a strong and growing market. Introduction to Financial Economics by Frank Fabozzi, Edwin Neave, and Gaofu Zhou presents an introduction to basic financial ideas through a strong grounding in microeconomic theory. This calculus based text explores the theoretical framework for analyzing the decisions by individuals and managers of firms, and area which is common to both the financial economics and microeconomics. It also explores the interplay of these decisions on the prices of financial assets"--
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