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ECON 577 Foundations of Financial Economics

Units: 4
Terms Offered: FaSp
Broad training in theoretical and empirical finance. Choice under uncertainty; equilibrium asset pricing; static portfolio choice; factor pricing models, asset allocation; the Black-Scholes-Merton Formula.
Corequisite: ECON 500 
Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter