Capital Markets
ECON 1723
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Description
An introduction to finance. Concepts include time discounting, risk and return, market efficiency, and arbitrage. These concepts are applied to bonds, stocks, and derivatives. We cover financial crises and the role of finance in the economy.
Recommended Prep
Statistics 100 and Economics 1010a1, 1010a2, or 1011a.
School
Faculty of Arts & Sciences
Credits
4
Cross Reg
Available for Harvard Cross Registration
Department
Economics
Course Component
Lecture
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General Education
N/A
Quantitative Reasoning with Data
N/A
Divisional Distribution
Social Sciences
Course Level
For Undergraduate and Graduate Students
