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院校名稱：耶魯大學 (Yale University)
課程名稱：耶魯大學開放課程：金融原理
英文名稱：Open Yale Courses : Financial Theory
課程代號：ECON 251: Financial Theory
主講導師：Professor John Geanakoplos
授課學期：Fall 2009
課程官網：http://oyc.yale.edu/economics/financial-theory/

課程簡介：

該門課程是耶魯大學經濟學系課程之《Financial Theory —— Fall 2009》，John Geanakoplos教授主講, 共有26個課時,平均每節課長在75分鐘左右. 金融理論課程不但涉及正統金融理論，還包括了信貸市場運行、槓桿周期、社會保障體系等在傳統教材中完全找不到的內容。並從對沖基金的角度進行闡述，既有理論，也有實踐。學習之後將可以了解世界經濟體系的核心，更好的做出個人財務決策，並可能對職業生涯有所幫助。 —簡介摘自TLF字幕組

該門課程主要內容 About the Course

This course attempts to explain the role and the importance of the financial system in the global economy. Rather than separating off the financial world from the rest of the economy, financial equilibrium is studied as an extension of economic equilibrium. The course also gives a picture of the kind of thinking and analysis done by hedge funds.

課程安排：Course Structure:

This Yale College course, taught on campus twice per week for 75 minutes, was recorded for Open Yale Courses in Fall 2009.

主講教授介紹 About Professor John Geanakoplos

John Geanakoplos is James Tobin Professor of Economics at Yale University. He received his Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University in 1980. He has been Director of the Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, co-Director of Hellenic Studies Program at Yale, chairman of the science steering committee at the Santa Fe Institute and Managing Director of Fixed Income Research at Kidder, Peabody & Co. Prizes he received include the Samuelson Prize (1999), and the Bodossaki Prize in economics (1994). He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (since 1999) and was visiting professor at MSRI in the UC Berkeley, Churchill College, Cambridge, the University of Pennsylvania, Harvard, Stanford, and MIT. He was one of the founding partners of Ellington Capital Management, where he remains a partner. One of his current research topics is the leverage cycle.


耶魯大學經濟系 簡介 Department of Economics

About the Department

The Department of Economics at Yale offers a wide spectrum of courses for both specialists and non-specialists alike. For undergraduate majors, a core of courses in macro- and microeconomics, mathematics, and econometrics is required. Advanced courses offer training in economic history, finance, theory, international and developmental economics, market organization, human resources, and the public sector. The graduate program covers a broad range of research interests and diverse methodologies

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