Intermediate Financial Theory

ISBN-13: 9780123865496 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 553 str.

John B. (Mario J. Gabelli Professor of Finance at Columbia U

Opis

Targeting readers with backgrounds in economics, Intermediate Financial Theory, Third Edition includes new material on the asset pricing implications of behavioral finance perspectives, recent developments in portfolio choice, derivatives-risk neutral pricing research, and implications of the 2008 financial crisis. Each chapter concludes with questions, and for the first time a freely accessible website presents complementary and supplementary material for every chapter. Known for its rigor and intuition, Intermediate Financial Theory is perfect for those who need basic training in financial theory and those looking for a user-friendly introduction to advanced theory.

• Completely updated edition of classic textbook that fills a gap between MBA- and PhD-level texts
• Focuses on clear explanations of key concepts and requires limited mathematical prerequisites
• Online solutions manual available
• Updates include new structure emphasizing the distinction between the equilibrium and the arbitrage perspectives on valuation and pricing, and a new chapter on asset management for the long-term investor

Recenzje

"This unique textbook presents classic models and new results in finance, skillfully couched within the more general framework of economic decision-making under uncertainty. Throughout, Danthine and Donaldson carefully balance the need for both intuition and technical detail." --Peter Ireland, Boston College

Spis treści

1. Role of Financial Markets2. Challenges of Asset PricingII.3. Choices in Risky Situations4. Measuring Risk and Risk Aversion5. Risk Aversion and Investment Decisions, Part 16. Risk Aversion and Investment Decisions, Part 27. Risk Aversion and Investment Decisions, Part 3III.8. The CAPM9. Arrow-Debreu Pricing, Part I10. The Consumption Capital Asset Pricing Model (CCAPM)11. Arrow Debreu Pricing, Part IIIV.12. The Martingale Measure in Discrete Time, Part 113. The Martingale Measure in Discrete Time, Part 214. The APT15. Continuous Time Finance16. Portfolio Management in the Long Run17. Financial Structure and Firm Valuation in Incomplete MarketsV.18. Financial Equilibrium with Differential Information

O autorze

Jean-Pierre Danthine is professor of economics and finance at the University of Lausanne Switzerland), director of the International Center for Financial Asset Management and Engineering Lausanne & Geneva) and CEPR Research Fellow. The holder of a Ph.D. in economics from Carnegie-Mellon University and a M.S. in Economics from the University of Louvain, Professor DanthineI previously taught at at Columbia University and held visiting appointments at CUNY Graduate Center, University of Southern California (Los Angeles), Université d'Aix-Marseille, Université Laval (Québec), as well as Universities of Toulon and Dijon.
He is an Associate Editor of Macroeconomic Dynamics and Finance Research Letters; Chairman of the Scientific Council of the TCIP (Training Center for Investment Professionals); member of the Council of the European Economic Association, of the Scientific Councils of CEPREMAP (Paris), CREST (Paris), CREI (U. Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona) as well as the Fonds national de la recherche scientifique (Economics Commission - Belgium). He was also a member of the Executive Committee of the ICMB (Geneva). Professor Donaldson holds the teaches the Mario J. Gabelli Professorship in Finance at Columbia Business school, teaching courses in basic finance and options. He focuses on business cycles and asset pricing, with a particular emphasis on the real side of the economy's impact on equilibrium pricing of financial assets. His work has appeared in numerous professional journals, including the Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Econometrica, the Journal of Economic Theory and the Journal of Monetary Economics.