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School of Economics and Finance

Reading List (Postgraduate)

Below is a list of recommended reading material for Semester A which you may find helpful.

 

Module Code

Module Title

Text Title

Author

Publisher

ECOM001

Macroeconomics A

Introduction to Modern Growth

Acemoglu, D.

Princeton University Press, 2009

ECOM002

Microeconomics A

Microeconomic Theory

Mas-Colell, A., Whinston, M. D., and Green, J. R. 

Oxford University Press. 1995.

ECOM014

Time Series Analysis

Analysis of Financial Time Series.

R. S. Tsay

2nd edition, Wiley, 2005.

ECOM015

Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance

Jonathan Berk & Peter DeMarzo

Pearson International Edition

ECOM037

Quantitative Techniques

Essentials of Econometrics

Gujarati, D.N. and Porter, D.C.(2010).

McGraw Hill, Fourth Edition

ECOM050

Investment Management

Investments

Zvi Bodie, Alex Kane & Alan Marcus 

McGraw-Hill Education; 12th Edition, 2021

ECOM053

Quantitative Methods in Finance

Financial Modelling 

Simon Benninga

4th edition, MIT Press ISBN-10: 0262027283

ECOM065

Investments

Investments

Zvi Bodie, Alex Kane & Alan Marcus 

McGraw-Hill Education; 11 edition (15 Oct. 2017) ISBN-10: 9781260083392

ECOM072

Econometrics for Finance

Econometric Analysis

William H. Greene

Haroon happy with 7th edition

ECOM095

Mergers and Acquisitions

Corporate Finance: Investment and Advisory Applications

Jesse McDougall & Patrick Boyle

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (2017)

ECOM101

Behavioural Economics

No Book

Required reading (e.g. journal articles) will be assigned for some weeks.

Optional reading:


• "Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioral Economics" by Richard Thaler.


• "Thinking, Fast and Slow" by Daniel Kahneman."

ECOM104

Applied Corporate Finance

Principles of Corporate Finance

Brealey, Myers and Allen

McGraw-Hill Education, 13th edition (but 11th or 12th editions are also fine if it implies lower costs to QM)

ECOM105

Valuation

Valuation: Measuring and Managing the Value of Companies

Koller, T, Goedhart, M and D. Wessels (2015)

Wiley (6th Edition) - new 

ECOM116

Financial Modelling in Excel

Financial Modelling

Simon Benninga

4th edition, MIT Press ISBN-10: 0262027283

ECOM118

Practical Valuation

Corporate Finance

Hillier, D., Ross, S., Westerfield, R., Jaffe, J., and B. Jordan,

McGraw-Hill. (3rd edition)

ECOM119

Primary Markets and Securities

Investments

Zvi Bodie, Alex Kane & Alan Marcus

McGraw-Hill Education; 11 edition (15 Oct. 2017) ISBN-10: 9781260083392

ECOM120

Strategy, Leadership and Management of Investment Banking Firms

No Book

   

ECOM144

Principles of Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance

Jonathan Berk & Peter DeMarzo  Pearson Global Edition, 5th edition (but 3rd or 4th editions are fine if it implies lower costs to QM) 

ECOM155

Asset Pricing, Trading, and Portfolio Construction

Financial Decisions and Markets: A Course in Asset Pricing

John Y. Campbell

ISBN: 9780691160801, Published: 10/31/2017

ECOM156

Foundations of Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance

Jonathan Berk & Peter DeMarzo

Pearson Global Edition, 5th edition (but 3rd or 4th editions are fine if it implies lower costs to QM)

 

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