Roy E. Bailey

Economics of Financial Markets (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The Economics of Financial Markets presents a concise overview of capital markets, suitable for advanced undergraduates and for beginning graduate students in financial economics. Following a brief overview of financial markets - their microstructure and the randomness of stock market prices - this textbook explores how the economics of uncertainty can be applied to financial decision-making. The mean-variance model of portfolio selection is discussed, with analysis extended to the capital asset pricing model (CAPM). Arbitrage plays a pivotal role in finance and is studied in a variety of contexts, including the APT model of asset prices. Methods for the empirical evaluation of CAPM and APT are also discussed, together with the volatility of asset prices, the intertemporal CAPM and the equity premium puzzle. An analysis of bond contracts leads into an assessment of theories of the term structure of interest rates. Finally, financial derivatives are explored, focusing on futures and options contracts.

---

Dieser Download kann aus rechtlichen Gründen nur mit Rechnungsadresse in A, B, BG, CY, CZ, D, DK, EW, E, FIN, F, GR, HR, H, IRL, I, LT, L, LR, M, NL, PL, P, R, S, SLO, SK ausgeliefert werden.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Mai 2005
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781107486256
• Artikelnr.: 52965171

Autorenporträt

R. E. Bailey is Reader in Economics at the University of Essex. His main interests are in monetary economics, together with economic history and philosophy.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. Asset markets and asset prices
2. Asset market microstructure
3. Predictability of prices and market efficiency
4. Decision making under uncertainty
5. Portfolio selection: the mean-variance model
6. The capital asset pricing model, CAPM
7. Arbitrage
8. Factor models and arbitrage pricing theory, APT
9. Empirical appraisal of the CAPM
10. Present value relationships and price variability
11. Intertemporal choice and equity premium puzzle
12. Bond markets and fixed-interest securities
13. Term structure and interest rates
14. Futures markets - fundamentals
15. Futures markets - speculation and hedging
16. Futures markets - applications
17. Swap contracts and swap markets
18. Options markets: fundamentals
19. Options markets - price determination
20. Options markets - applications.