Markus K. Brunnermeier
email: markus@princeton.edu  
web:   http://www.princeton.edu/~markus

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eco 525: Financial Economics I

Fall 2006

Syllabus

Preceptor: Glen Weyl
Lecture Slides Topic
  Basics of Asset Pricing under Symmetric Information and Homogenous Beliefs
01 One Period Model - Securities Structure - Pricing - Optimality
02 Risk Preferences
03 Equity Premium Puzzle
04 State-price Beta Model
05 Mean-Variance Analysis, Portfolio Theory and CAPM (derivation with projections)
06 Factor Pricing Models (APT, FF)
07 Multi Period Model - Un/Conditional Beta - Dynamic Completeness - Hedging Demand
 
  Asset Pricing under Asymmetric Information
11 Modeling Information, Equilibrium Concepts
12 Competitive REE, Informational Efficiency
13 Strategic Share Auctions
14 Screening Models and Sequential Trade Models
15 Kyle Models and Dynamic Programming
16 Epistomology, Knowledge, Allocative Efficiency, No-Trade Theorems
 
  Introducing Heterogeneous Beliefs
21 Representative Agent Analysis under Hetereogeneous Beliefs (by Glen Weyl)
22 Optimal Expectations Framework
   
  Bubbles and Limits to Arbitrage
31 Bubbles and Limits to Arbitrage I (Noise Traders Risk)
32 Bubbles and Limits to Arbitrage II (Synchronization Risk)
   
  Liquidity and Risk Management (optional)
41 Predatory Trading
42 Funding Liquidity and Market Liquidity

 

Problem Sets Topic
01 One Period Model - Securities Structure - Pricing
02 Risk Preferences
03 Mean-Variance Analysis, Portfolio Theory and CAPM
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