ECO_2S004_EP - Introduction to Finance (2025-2026)

This course introduces to basic issues regarding the financial system, i.e. markets and institutions intermediating saving and investment. After an informal description of the financial system, it starts with basic asset pricing, continues with corporate finance theory (Modigliani-Miller theorem and its deviations), then turns to the study of banking, financial markets, derivative products, and finally green finance. Whenever possible, it connects theory with contemporary issues.