Illustrating Finance Policy with Mathematica

• Main Author: Georgakopoulos, Nicholas L. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Quantitative Perspectives on Behavioral Economics and Finance,
• Subjects: Economic theory.; Economics, Mathematical .; Public finance.; Law and economics.; Capital market.; Commercial law.; Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods.; Quantitative Finance.; Financial Law/Fiscal Law.; Law and Economics.; Capital Markets.; Commercial Law.

Students in various disciplines-from law and government to business and health policy-need to understand several quantitative aspects of finance (such as the capital asset pricing model or financial options) and policy analysis (e.g., assessing the weight of probabilistic evidence) but often have li...

Table of Contents:

• 1. The Non-Graphical Foundation: Coase and the Law's Irrelevance
• 2. Introduction to Mathematica: Hello World in Text and Graphics
• 3. The Mathematical Frontier: Trigonometry, Derivatives, Optima, Differential Equations
• 4. Money and Time
• 5. The Capital Asset Pricing Model
• 6. Options
• 7. Illustrating Statistical Data
• 8. Probability Theory: Imperfect Observations
• 9. Financial Statements and Mergers
• 10. Aversion to Risk
• 11. Financial Crisis Contagion.