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5.00 Credits
Covers advanced topics in the theory of financial markets with a focus on continuous time models. Topics include multiperiod securities markets and martingales; pricing of contingent securities such as options; optimal consumption and portfolio problems of an individual; dynamic equilibrium theory and the intertemporal capital asset pricing model; term structure of interest rates; and equilibrium with asymmetric information, transaction costs, and borrowing constraints. Primarily for doctoral students in accounting, economics, and finance.
Prerequisite:
Prereq: 15.416
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3.00 Credits
Surveys selected topics in current advanced research in corporate finance. Theoretical and empirical analyses of corporate financing and investment decisions. Some background in information economics and game theory is useful. Primarily for doctoral students in accounting, economics, and finance.
Prerequisite:
Prereq: 14.121, 14.122, or 15.416J
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3.00 Credits
Recent empirical methods in finance, including: the estimation and testing of market efficiency; the random walk hypothesis; the CAPM/APT; various term structure models; option pricing theories; and market microstructures; performance evaluation; bond rating and default analysis; event study methodology; continuous-time econometrics; and general time series methods. An empirical term project is required. Some econometric background and rudimentary computer programming skills are assumed. Primarily for doctoral students in finance, accounting, and economics.
Prerequisite:
Prereq: 14.382, 15.416J, or permission of instructor
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4.00 Credits
Theoretical and empirical perspectives on individual and industrial demand for energy, energy supply, energy markets, and public policies affecting energy markets. Discusses aspects of the oil, natural gas, electricity, and nuclear power sectors. Examines energy tax, price regulation, deregulation, energy efficiency and policies for controlling pollution and CO2 emissions. Students taking the graduate version complete additional assignments. Limited to 60.
Prerequisite:
Prereq: 14.01
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4.00 Credits
Theoretical and empirical perspectives on individual and industrial demand for energy, energy supply, energy markets, and public policies affecting energy markets. Discusses aspects of the oil, natural gas, electricity, and nuclear power sectors. Examines energy tax, price regulation, deregulation, energy efficiency and policies for controlling pollution and CO2 emissions. Students taking the graduate version complete additional assignments. Limited to 60.
Prerequisite:
Prereq: 14.01
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4.00 Credits
Self-contained introduction to the theory of investment decisions under uncertainty. Topics include interest rates, net present value, fixed income securities, the term structure of interest rates, portfolio separation theorems, capital asset pricing models, factor models, risk neutral pricing, valuation of options, and intertemporal consumption and investment models. Emphasis on empirical implementation of theoretical concepts.
Prerequisite:
Prereq: 14.03 or 14.04; 14.32
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3.00 Credits
Provides an introduction to dynamic optimization methods, including discrete-time dynamic programming in non-stochastic and stochastic environments, and continuous time methods including the Pontryagin maximum principle. Applications may include the Ramsey model, irreversible investment models, and consumption choices under uncertainty. Enrollment limited.
Prerequisite:
Prereq: 14.06, permission of instructor
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3.00 Credits
Introduces the sources and modeling of economic growth and income differences across nations. Topics include an introduction to dynamic general equilibrium theory, the neoclassical growth model, overlapping generations, determinants of technological progress, endogenous growth models, measurement of technological progress, the role of human capital in economic growth, and growth in a global economy. Enrollment limited.
Prerequisite:
Prereq: 14.451, permission of instructor
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3.00 Credits
Investigation of why aggregate economic activity fluctuates, and the role of policy in affecting fluctuations. Topics include the link between monetary policy and output, the economic cost of aggregate fluctuations, the costs and benefits of price stability, and the role of central banks. Introduction to real business cycle and new Keynesian models. Enrollment limited.
Prerequisite:
Prereq: 14.452, permission of instructor
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3.00 Credits
Introduction to current macroeconomic concerns with particular emphasis on medium-run economic fluctuations, economic crises, and the role of asset markets. Topics include the explanation of high chronic unemployment in some nations, the source of modern liquidity crises, the origin and end of speculative bubbles, and the factors that lead to substantial periods of economic stagnation. Enrollment limited.
Prerequisite:
Prereq: 14.453, permission of instructor
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