文档介绍：Financial Economics
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Thorsten Hens • Marc Oliver Rieger
Financial Economics
A Concise Introduction
to Classical and Behavioral Finance
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Professor Dr. Thorsten Hens Prof. Dr. Marc Oliver Rieger
ISB, University of Zurich Fachbereich IV
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Switzerland 54286 Trier
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Preface
Until recently, most people were not paying too much attention to financial
markets. This certainly changed with the onset of the financial crisis. For a
long time we took it for granted that we can borrow money from a bank or get
safe interest payments on deposits. All these fundamental beliefs were shaken
in the wake of the financial crisis.
When the man on the street has lost his faith in systems