Seminar in Finance II
PhD
47-721
- Course Materials and Links
- Mini IV - Spring 1995
- Tuesday / Thursday
- 10:30-12:20
Room GSIA 318
- Office Hours (Room 315A)
- Please drop by
- or by appointment (call 8-7588,
e-mail)
- Course Objective:
- This course is devoted to "Models of Information Acquisition and Use in Finance." Ok, I know
it is an awkward title, but we can work with it. We will study several papers in depth as
opposed to a broad survey. The objective is to help build tools for understanding and researching
theoretical questions related to information. The papers are not necessarily chosen because they
are exemplars. Instead I hope they stimulate your research ideas.
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I have not taught a phd course before, so your feedback and suggestions would be greatly
appreciated. I am open to your suggestions about pedagogy as well as the course content. If
there are papers you would prefer to cover, please come discuss them with me.
- Prerequisite
- The prerequisite for this course is Finance I (47-720) and/or permission.
- Readings
- Schedule and Format of Classes
- Evaluation
- A few Homework / Assignments -- x in (0.1,0.6)
- General Citizenship -- y in (0,0.2)
- Paper presentations (and report) -- 1-x-y
- Where x and y are parameters weights chosen depending on how many and how hard the
assignments turn out to be and other such factors.
- Homework and Assignments
are problems related to the readings and class discussion. I am not sure how many or how
hard the assignments will be.
- Paper Presentations:
Each person (perhaps in pairs depending on numbers) will be responsible for presenting one of
the papers on the reading list. We will determine the schedule shortly. In addition to leading
the discussion, you will be expected to write a brief (few pages) review of the paper. This
should highlight the major issues, techniques and conclusions of the paper. We will distribute
these to all the participants in the class (i'll do the photocopying)
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