December 30, 2002

Course Outline

Foundations of Economics
Supply and Demand
Theory of the Firm
Theory of the Consumer

Interest Rates and Asset Values
Analysis of Fixed Income Securities: Mortgages & Bonds
Duration and Interest Rate Risk
Inflation and Real Interest Rates
Intertemporal Substitution

Investment
Business Investment Decisions
Student Investment Decisions
Production Possibility Frontiers

Risk
Utility-Based Valuation of Risk
Mean-Variance Analysis
The Term Structure of Interest Rates
Options and Derivative Securities

Monetary Economics
The Transactions Demand for Money
Money Supply in a Fractional Reserve System

Exchange Rates
Purchasing Power Parity
Interest Rate Parity

Macro Models
Classical Economics
The IS/LM Framework
Monetary and Fiscal Policy
The Phillips' Curve
Aggregate Supply and Demand
Rational Expectations
The New Classical Economics
The IS/MP Model

Posted by bparke at December 30, 2002 09:59 PM