BUSINESS F770 / Financial Economics and Quantitative Methods

3 unit(s)

This course explores the theoretical and conceptual foundations of finance. Among the theories, upon which modern finance is built are utility theory, stochastic dominance, state preference theory, mean-variance portfolio theory, the capital asset pricing model, the arbitrage pricing theory, Modigliani-Miller and information theories of capital structure, risk sharing theories, and principal-agent theories. The course also includes quantitative methods for testing some basic propositions in finance.