Financial Economics A Concise Introduction to Classical and Behavioral Finance /

• Main Authors: Hens, Thorsten (Author), Rieger, Marc Oliver (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Edition: 2nd ed. 2016.
• Series: Springer Texts in Business and Economics,
• Subjects: Operations research.; Decision making.; Finance.; Economics, Mathematical.; Economic theory.; Microeconomics.; Macroeconomics.; Economics.; Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics.; Finance, general.; Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods.; Operation Research/Decision Theory.; Quantitative Finance.

Financial economics is a fascinating topic where ideas from economics, mathematics and, most recently, psychology are combined to understand financial markets. This book gives a concise introduction into this field and includes for the first time recent results from behavioral finance that help to u...

Table of Contents:

• Foundations: Introduction
• Decision Theory
• Financial Markets: Two-Period Model: Mean-Variance Approach
• Two-Period Model: State-Preference Approach
• Multiple-Periods Model
• Advanced Topics: Theory of the Firm
• Information Asymmetries on Financial Markets
• Time-Continuous Model. Appendices: Mathematics
• Solutions to Tests
• Index.