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Fin254f:Financial Spring 2010(2)

Dive into the realms of finance, history, and psychology to analyze the complexities of financial markets. This course explores the impact of human behavior on economic decision-making and financial stability.

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Fin254f:Financial Spring 2010(2)

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  1. Fin254f:Financial Spring 2010(2) • Blake LeBaron • blebaron@brandeis.edu • www.brandeis.edu/~blebaron/classes/fin254f • TA: Xia Meng

  2. Introduction • Description • Prerequisites • Readings • Grading • Outline

  3. What is this course? • History • Economics • Finance • Psychology

  4. Prerequisites • Required: • Fin201, Financial Theory • Econ201, Global Economic Environment • Useful, but not required: • Econ202: Applied International Macroeconomics • Probability/Statistics (Econ211f) • Who can take this course? • 2nd year MA, MBAi • MSF, BA/MA • 2nd year and beyond Ph.D

  5. Course Materials • Required Books • Kindleberger and Aliber, Manias, Panics, and Crashes • Reinhart and Rogoff, This Time is Different • Shiller, Irrational Exuberance • Nofsingner, The Psychology of Investing

  6. Course Materials • Completely optional books • Minsky, Stabilizing an Unstable Economy • Mackay, Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds, 1841

  7. More Course Materials • Lecture notes: web • Readings: web • Public • Brandeis library tools

  8. Grading • Problem sets (33%) • Midterm exam (33%) • Final exam (33%) • May 12, 1:30-4:30

  9. Course Outline • Website

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