For undergraduate and graduate courses in corporate finance, financial management, and financial economics.

Financial Economics is an introductory text intended for use in the first finance course.  It has a broader scope and a greater emphasis on general principles than most other introductory level texts in finance, which typically focus exclusively on corporate finance.  This text encompasses all the subfields of finance — corporate finance, investments and financial markets and institutions — covering the general principles to provide students with an appreciation of the whole discipline’s subject matter. 

This book seeks to explain finance through its functions rather than its institutions, concentrating on the three pillars of finance: optimization over time, asset valuation, and risk management.

For undergraduate and graduate courses in corporate finance, financial management, and financial economics.

This book seeks to explain finance through its functions rather than its institutions, concentrating on the three pillars of finance: optimization over time, asset valuation, and risk management.

The Three Pillars of Finance

The three pillars of finance represent the basic “laws” and principles that apply across all the topical subfields of the discipline.  By basing the text on these principles, students can see finance as one big picture instead of as unconnected pieces.

Incorporates All Areas of Finance

This text provides students with a broad spectrum of finance including investments, institutions, and corporate finance.  This idea departs from most text, which typically focus on corporate finance, exclusively.

New! Policy Boxes

These policy boxes are integrated throughout each chapter to illustrate the wide-ranging global policy issues that apply to the chapter material.

New! End-of-Chapter Material

At the end of each chapter, problems have been added, challenging students to apply key financial principles covered in the chapters.

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New! Policy Boxes

These policy boxes are integrated throughout each chapter to illustrate the wide-ranging global policy issues that apply to the chapter material.

New! End-of-Chapter Material

At the end of each chapter, problems have been added, challenging students to apply key financial principles covered in the chapters.

Preface

Chapter 1 — Financial Economics

Chapter 2 — Financial Markets and Institutions

Chapter 3 — Managing Financial Health and Performance

Chapter 4 — Allocating Resources Over Time

Chapter 5 — Household Saving and Investment Decisions

Chapter 6 — The Analysis of Investment Projects

Chapter 7 — Principles of Market Valuation

Chapter 8 — Valuation of Known Cash Flows: Bonds

Chapter 9 — Valuation of Common Stocks

Chapter 10 — Principles of Risk Management

Chapter 11 — Hedging, Insuring, and Diversifying

Chapter 12 — Portfolio Opportunities and Choice

Chapter 13 — Capital Market Equilibrium

Chapter 14 — Forward and Futures Markets

Chapter 15 — Markets for Options and Contingent Claims

Chapter 16 — Financial Structure of the Firm

Chapter 17 — Real Options

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