Finance

<body topmargin="0" leftmargin="0" stylesrc="../_private/template_title.htm" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" link="#333366" vlink="#000000" alink="#000000"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" cellpadding="10" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" id="table8"> <tr> <td width="100%" bgcolor="#FFFFCC"> <p class="header_black">Finance: <span class="header_gold">General</span></td> </tr> </table> <div align="left"> <table border="0" cellspacing="4" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="100%" cellpadding="0" id="table9"> <tr> <td width="740" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <div align="center"> <table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="468" id="table10"> <tr> <td> <script type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></tr> </table> <table border="0" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="0" height="206" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="100%" id="table11"> <tr> <td valign="top" align="right" height="198" width="150"> <p align="left"> <map name="FPMap340"> <area href="../titles/bodie_kane_marcus_(2002).htm" shape="rect" coords="0, 0, 157, 199"> </map> <img border="0" src="../images/book_bodie_kane_and_marcus_(2002).jpg" usemap="#FPMap340" width="158" height="200"></td> <td valign="top" align="left" height="198"> <table border="0" cellspacing="1" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" cellpadding="0" width="100%" id="table12"> <tr> <td width="100%"> <p class="book_title">Investments</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="102%" class="book_details_tags" valign="top" height="16" align="left"> <table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="100%" id="table13"> <tr> <td width="100%" colspan="5"> <p class="book_details">Zvi Bodie, Alex Kane, Alan J. Marcus</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="50" class="book_details_tags"> <map name="FPMap57"> <area coords="2, 1, 89, 15" shape="rect" href="../main/ratings.htm"> </map><img border="0" src="../images/star_6.gif" usemap="#FPMap57" width="90" height="16"></td> <td width="25" class="book_details_tags"> <map name="FPMap300"> <area href="../main/ratings.htm" shape="rect" coords="0, 0, 89, 15"> </map><img border="0" src="../images/tech_2.gif" usemap="#FPMap300" width="90" height="16"></td> <td width="25" class="book_details_tags"> 2006</td> <td width="90%" class="book_details_tags" align="right" valign="top"> <p align="right"><map name="FPMap341"> <area target="_self" href="../titles/bodie_kane_marcus_(2002).htm" shape="rect" coords="0, 0, 90, 25" > </map> <img border="0" src="../images/pointer_review.gif" usemap="#FPMap341" width="90" height="25" ></td> <td class="book_details_tags" align="right" valign="top"> <script language="JavaScript"> function popUp(URL,NAME) { amznwin=window.open(URL,NAME,'location=yes,scrollbars=yes,status=yes,toolbar=yes,resizable=yes,width=380,height=450,screenX=10,screenY=10,top=10,left=10'); amznwin.focus();} document.open(); document.write("<a href=javascript:popUp('http://buybox.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=contingencyanaly&link_code=xsc&creative=23424&camp=2025&path=/dt/assoc/tg/aa/xml/assoc/-/007331465X/contingencyanaly/ref=ac_bb1_,_amazon')><img border=0 src=../images/pointer_amazon.gif alt='Buy from Amazon.com' ></a>"); document.close(); </script> <noscript> <form method="POST" action="http://buybox.amazon.com/o/dt/assoc/handle-buy-box=007331465X"> <input type="hidden" name="asin.007331465X" value="1"> <input type="hidden" name="tag-value" value="contingencyanaly"> <input type="hidden" name="tag_value" value="contingencyanaly"> <input type="image" name="submit.add-to-cart" value="Buy from Amazon.com" border="0" src="src=images/pointer_amazon.gif"> </form></noscript> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="book_details_tags" valign="top" align="left"> <p class="body">The 20th Century has been a period of revolutionary developments in financial theory. Many introductory texts document the innovations of Markowitz, Sharpe, Merton, Arrow, Black-Scholes and others. <i> Investments</i> is the classic university text ... <a href="../titles/bodie_kane_marcus_(2002).htm">Read more</a></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <div align="center"> <table border="0" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="0" height="206" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="100%" id="table14"> <tr> <td valign="top" align="right" height="198" width="150"> <p align="left"> <map name="FPMap357"> <area href="../titles/lee_and_lee_(2006).htm" shape="rect" coords="0, 0, 152, 199"> </map> <img border="0" src="../images/book_lee_and_lee_(2006).gif" usemap="#FPMap357" width="153" height="200"></td> <td valign="top" align="left" height="198"> <table border="0" cellspacing="1" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" cellpadding="0" width="100%" id="table15"> <tr> <td width="100%"> <p class="book_title">Encyclopedia of Finance</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="102%" class="book_details_tags" valign="top" height="16" align="left"> <table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="100%" id="table16"> <tr> <td width="100%" colspan="5"> <p class="book_details">Cheng-Few Lee and Alice Lee</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="50" class="book_details_tags"> <map name="FPMap358"> <area href="../main/ratings.htm" shape="rect" coords="0, 0, 89, 15"> </map> <img border="0" src="../images/star_3.gif" usemap="#FPMap358" width="90" height="16"></td> <td width="25" class="book_details_tags"> <map name="FPMap359"> <area href="../main/ratings.htm" shape="rect" coords="0, 0, 89, 15"> </map> <img border="0" src="../images/tech_2.gif" usemap="#FPMap359" width="90" height="16"></td> <td width="25" class="book_details_tags"> 2006</td> <td width="90%" class="book_details_tags" align="right" valign="top"> <p align="right"><map name="FPMap360"> <area target="_self" href="../titles/lee_and_lee_(2006).htm" shape="rect" coords="0, 0, 90, 25" > </map> <img border="0" src="../images/pointer_review.gif" usemap="#FPMap360" width="90" height="25" ></td> <td class="book_details_tags" align="right" valign="top"> <script language="JavaScript"> function popUp(URL,NAME) { amznwin=window.open(URL,NAME,'location=yes,scrollbars=yes,status=yes,toolbar=yes,resizable=yes,width=380,height=450,screenX=10,screenY=10,top=10,left=10'); amznwin.focus();} document.open(); document.write("<a href=javascript:popUp('http://buybox.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=contingencyanaly&link_code=xsc&creative=23424&camp=2025&path=/dt/assoc/tg/aa/xml/assoc/-/0387262849/contingencyanaly/ref=ac_bb1_,_amazon')><img border=0 src=../images/pointer_amazon.gif alt='Buy from Amazon.com' ></a>"); document.close(); </script> <noscript> <form method="POST" action="http://buybox.amazon.com/o/dt/assoc/handle-buy-box=0387262849"> <input type="hidden" name="asin.0387262849" value="1"> <input type="hidden" name="tag-value" value="contingencyanaly"> <input type="hidden" name="tag_value" value="contingencyanaly"> <input type="image" name="submit.add-to-cart" value="Buy from Amazon.com" border="0" src="../../../titles/src=images/pointer_amazon.gif"> </form></noscript> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="book_details_tags" valign="top" align="left"> <p class="body"><strong style="font-weight: 400">While it calls itself an encyclopedia of finance, this weighty tome is more than that, and less</strong> ... <a href="../titles/lee_and_lee_(2006).htm">Read more</a></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </div> <div align="center"> <table border="0" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="0" height="206" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="100%" id="table17"> <tr> <td valign="top" align="right" height="198" width="150"> <p align="left"> <map name="FPMap353"> <area href="../titles/lehmann_bruce_(2005).htm" shape="rect" coords="0, 0, 133, 199"> </map> <img border="0" src="../images/book_lehmann_bruce_(2005).gif" usemap="#FPMap353" width="134" height="200"></td> <td valign="top" align="left" height="198"> <table border="0" cellspacing="1" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" cellpadding="0" width="100%" id="table18"> <tr> <td width="100%"> <p class="book_title">The Legacy of Fischer Black</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="102%" class="book_details_tags" valign="top" height="16" align="left"> <table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="100%" id="table19"> <tr> <td width="100%" colspan="5"> <p class="book_details">Bruce N. Lehmann (ed.)</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="50" class="book_details_tags"> <map name="FPMap354"> <area href="../main/ratings.htm" shape="rect" coords="0, 0, 89, 15"> </map> <img border="0" src="../images/star_5.gif" usemap="#FPMap354" width="90" height="16"></td> <td width="25" class="book_details_tags"> <map name="FPMap355"> <area href="../main/ratings.htm" shape="rect" coords="0, 0, 89, 15"> </map> <img border="0" src="../images/tech_2.gif" usemap="#FPMap355" width="90" height="16"></td> <td width="25" class="book_details_tags"> 2004</td> <td width="90%" class="book_details_tags" align="right" valign="top"> <p align="right"><map name="FPMap356"> <area target="_self" href="../titles/lehmann_bruce_(2005).htm" shape="rect" coords="0, 0, 90, 25" > </map> <img border="0" src="../images/pointer_review.gif" usemap="#FPMap356" width="90" height="25" ></td> <td class="book_details_tags" align="right" valign="top"> <script language="JavaScript"> function popUp(URL,NAME) { amznwin=window.open(URL,NAME,'location=yes,scrollbars=yes,status=yes,toolbar=yes,resizable=yes,width=380,height=450,screenX=10,screenY=10,top=10,left=10'); amznwin.focus();} document.open(); document.write("<a href=javascript:popUp('http://buybox.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=contingencyanaly&link_code=xsc&creative=23424&camp=2025&path=/dt/assoc/tg/aa/xml/assoc/-/0195168364/contingencyanaly/ref=ac_bb1_,_amazon')><img border=0 src=../images/pointer_amazon.gif alt='Buy from Amazon.com' ></a>"); document.close(); </script> <noscript> <form method="POST" action="http://buybox.amazon.com/o/dt/assoc/handle-buy-box=0195168364"> <input type="hidden" name="asin.0195168364" value="1"> <input type="hidden" name="tag-value" value="contingencyanaly"> <input type="hidden" name="tag_value" value="contingencyanaly"> <input type="image" name="submit.add-to-cart" value="Buy from Amazon.com" border="0" src="../../../titles/src=images/pointer_amazon.gif"> </form></noscript> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="book_details_tags" valign="top" align="left"> <p class="body"><strong style="font-weight: 400">This edited collection contains 12 papers in commemoration of Fischer Black. Eight of them were presented at a 1996 conference in honor of Black. Three of the papers survey Black's contributions to finance and economics. Together they provide a better overview of Black's work than does the biography by Mehrling (<a href="../titles/mehrling_perry_(2005).htm">2005</a>)—but that book explains his economic research in more depth and describes Black's life biographically</strong> ... <a href="../titles/lehmann_bruce_(2005).htm">Read more</a></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <div align="center"> <table border="0" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="0" height="206" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="100%" id="table20"> <tr> <td valign="top" align="right" height="198" width="150"> <p align="left"> <map name="FPMap3"> <area href="../titles/ho_and_lee_(2004).htm" shape="rect" coords="0, 0, 142, 199"> </map> <img border="0" src="../images/book_ho_and_lee_(2004).gif" usemap="#FPMap3" width="143" height="200"></td> <td valign="top" align="left" height="198"> <table border="0" cellspacing="1" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" cellpadding="0" width="100%" id="table21"> <tr> <td width="100%"> <p class="book_title"><font size="2">The Oxford Guide to</font><br> Financial Modeling</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="102%" class="book_details_tags" valign="top" height="16" align="left"> <table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="100%" id="table22"> <tr> <td width="100%" colspan="5"> <p class="book_details">Thomas Ho and Sang Bin Lee</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="50" class="book_details_tags"> <map name="FPMap1"> <area href="../main/ratings.htm" shape="rect" coords="0, 0, 89, 15"> </map> <img border="0" src="../images/star_4.gif" usemap="#FPMap1" width="90" height="16"></td> <td width="25" class="book_details_tags"> <map name="FPMap2"> <area href="../main/ratings.htm" shape="rect" coords="0, 0, 89, 15"> </map> <img border="0" src="../images/tech_3.gif" usemap="#FPMap2" width="90" height="16"></td> <td width="25" class="book_details_tags"> 2004</td> <td width="90%" class="book_details_tags" align="right" valign="top"> <p align="right"><map name="FPMap348"> <area target="_self" href="../titles/ho_and_lee_(2004).htm" shape="rect" coords="0, 0, 90, 25" > </map> <img border="0" src="../images/pointer_review.gif" usemap="#FPMap348" width="90" height="25" ></td> <td class="book_details_tags" align="right" valign="top"> <script language="JavaScript"> function popUp(URL,NAME) { amznwin=window.open(URL,NAME,'location=yes,scrollbars=yes,status=yes,toolbar=yes,resizable=yes,width=380,height=450,screenX=10,screenY=10,top=10,left=10'); amznwin.focus();} document.open(); document.write("<a href=javascript:popUp('http://buybox.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=contingencyanaly&link_code=xsc&creative=23424&camp=2025&path=/dt/assoc/tg/aa/xml/assoc/-/019516962X/contingencyanaly/ref=ac_bb1_,_amazon')><img border=0 src=../images/pointer_amazon.gif alt='Buy from Amazon.com' ></a>"); document.close(); </script> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="book_details_tags" valign="top" align="left"> <p class="body"><strong style="font-weight: 400">Professors Ho and Lee are authors of the famous Ho and Lee interest rate model. Both have had long and illustrative careers as academics and practitioners. As one might expect, they have much to say about finance, and that is evident in the physical heft of this book. Weighing 3.3 pounds, it is packed with information. Targeting primarily a university audience, the book is positioned as an alternative to Hull's (<a href="../titles/hull_j_(2002).htm">2002</a>) aging classic</strong> ... <a href="../titles/ho_and_lee_(2004).htm">Read more</a></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <div align="center"> <table border="0" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="0" height="206" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="100%" id="table23"> <tr> <td valign="top" align="right" height="198" width="150"> <p align="left"> <map name="FPMap53"> <area href="../titles/chavas_jeanpaul_(2004).htm" shape="rect" coords="0, 0, 131, 199"> </map> <img border="0" src="../images/book_chavas_jean_(2004).jpg" usemap="#FPMap53" width="132" height="200"></td> <td valign="top" align="left" height="198"> <table border="0" cellspacing="1" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" cellpadding="0" width="100%" id="table24"> <tr> <td width="100%"> <p class="book_title">Risk Analysis in Theory and Practice</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="102%" class="book_details_tags" valign="top" height="16" align="left"> <table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="100%" id="table25"> <tr> <td width="100%" colspan="5"> <p class="book_details">Jean-Paul Chavas</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="50" class="book_details_tags"> <map name="FPMap51"> <area coords="0, 0, 89, 15" shape="rect" href="../main/ratings.htm"> </map><img border="0" src="../images/star_5.gif" usemap="#FPMap51" width="90" height="16"></td> <td width="25" class="book_details_tags"> <map name="FPMap52"> <area href="../main/ratings.htm" shape="rect" coords="0, 0, 89, 15"> </map><img border="0" src="../images/tech_3.gif" usemap="#FPMap52" width="90" height="16"></td> <td width="25" class="book_details_tags"> 2004</td> <td width="90%" class="book_details_tags" align="right" valign="top"> <p align="right"><map name="FPMap352"> <area target="_self" href="../titles/chavas_jeanpaul_(2004).htm" shape="rect" coords="0, 0, 90, 25" > </map> <img border="0" src="../images/pointer_review.gif" usemap="#FPMap352" width="90" height="25" ></td> <td class="book_details_tags" align="right" valign="top"> <script language="JavaScript"> function popUp(URL,NAME) { amznwin=window.open(URL,NAME,'location=yes,scrollbars=yes,status=yes,toolbar=yes,resizable=yes,width=380,height=450,screenX=10,screenY=10,top=10,left=10'); amznwin.focus();} document.open(); document.write("<a href=javascript:popUp('http://buybox.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=contingencyanaly&link_code=xsc&creative=23424&camp=2025&path=/dt/assoc/tg/aa/xml/assoc/-/0121706214/contingencyanaly/ref=ac_bb1_,_amazon')><img border=0 src=../images/pointer_amazon.gif alt='Buy from Amazon.com' ></a>"); document.close(); </script> <noscript> <form method="POST" action="http://buybox.amazon.com/o/dt/assoc/handle-buy-box=0121706214"> <input type="hidden" name="asin.0121706214" value="1"> <input type="hidden" name="tag-value" value="contingencyanaly"> <input type="hidden" name="tag_value" value="contingencyanaly"> <input type="image" name="submit.add-to-cart" value="Buy from Amazon.com" border="0" src="../../../titles/src=images/pointer_amazon.gif"> </form></noscript> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="book_details_tags" valign="top" align="left"> <p class="body"><strong style="font-weight: 400">This is a foundational book. It explores the mathematical models of risk that underlie much of economics and essentially all of finance. The classic debates are presented—Knight's controversial distinction between risk and uncertainty; subjective vs. objective interpretations of probability, etc. Empirical tools </strong>... <a href="../titles/chavas_jeanpaul_(2004).htm">Read more</a></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <div align="center"> <table border="0" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="0" height="206" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="100%" id="table26"> <tr> <td valign="top" align="right" height="198" width="150"> <p align="left"> <map name="FPMap4"> <area href="../titles/ross_stephen_(2004).htm" shape="rect" coords="0, 0, 134, 199"> </map> <img border="0" src="../images/book_ross_stephen_(2004).gif" usemap="#FPMap4" width="135" height="200"></td> <td valign="top" align="left" height="198"> <table border="0" cellspacing="1" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" cellpadding="0" width="100%" id="table27"> <tr> <td width="100%"> <p class="book_title">Neoclassical Finance</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="102%" class="book_details_tags" valign="top" height="16" align="left"> <table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="100%" id="table28"> <tr> <td width="100%" colspan="5"> <p class="book_details">Stephen Ross</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="50" class="book_details_tags"> <map name="FPMap349"> <area href="../main/ratings.htm" shape="rect" coords="0, 0, 89, 15"> </map> <img border="0" src="../images/star_5.gif" usemap="#FPMap349" width="90" height="16"></td> <td width="25" class="book_details_tags"> <map name="FPMap350"> <area href="../main/ratings.htm" shape="rect" coords="0, 0, 89, 15"> </map> <img border="0" src="../images/tech_3.gif" usemap="#FPMap350" width="90" height="16"></td> <td width="25" class="book_details_tags"> 2004</td> <td width="90%" class="book_details_tags" align="right" valign="top"> <p align="right"><map name="FPMap351"> <area target="_self" href="../titles/ross_stephen_(2004).htm" shape="rect" coords="0, 0, 90, 25" > </map> <img border="0" src="../images/pointer_review.gif" usemap="#FPMap351" width="90" height="25" ></td> <td class="book_details_tags" align="right" valign="top"> <script language="JavaScript"> function popUp(URL,NAME) { amznwin=window.open(URL,NAME,'location=yes,scrollbars=yes,status=yes,toolbar=yes,resizable=yes,width=380,height=450,screenX=10,screenY=10,top=10,left=10'); amznwin.focus();} document.open(); document.write("<a href=javascript:popUp('http://buybox.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=contingencyanaly&link_code=xsc&creative=23424&camp=2025&path=/dt/assoc/tg/aa/xml/assoc/-/0691121389/contingencyanaly/ref=ac_bb1_,_amazon')><img border=0 src=../images/pointer_amazon.gif alt='Buy from Amazon.com' ></a>"); document.close(); </script> <noscript> <form method="POST" action="http://buybox.amazon.com/o/dt/assoc/handle-buy-box=0691121389"> <input type="hidden" name="asin.0691121389" value="1"> <input type="hidden" name="tag-value" value="contingencyanaly"> <input type="hidden" name="tag_value" value="contingencyanaly"> <input type="image" name="submit.add-to-cart" value="Buy from Amazon.com" border="0" src="../../../titles/src=images/pointer_amazon.gif"> </form></noscript> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="book_details_tags" valign="top" align="left"> <p class="body"><strong style="font-weight: 400">Author Stephen Ross is perhaps best known for developing the arbitrage pricing theory (APT). 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