Table of Contents

Basic Mathematical Tools; The Framework of Risk Management (Principles of Risk Management); Mean-Variance Approach to Financial Decision-Making; Expected Utility Approach to Financial Decision-Making; Transfer Pricing Example; Introduction to Systems of Financial Markets; Contracts, Contract Design, and Static Agency Relationships; Dynamics I: Discrete Time; Term Structure of Interest Rates and Principal Component Analysis; Dynamics II: Discrete Time Topics; Dynamics III: Continuous Time.

Reviews

Risk and information are two key ingredients of financial economics. Marcelo Bianconi's book offers a comprehensive treatment of these issues, which are becoming increasingly important with recent developments in the global economy. With its lucid discussion of complex topics, the book provides a valuable resource for both academics and practitioners working in this important and growing field. -- Stephen J Turnovsky "Professor, Department of Economics, University of Washington, Seattle"