Evanston Spring 2006 Book list


COURSE #:  FINC 430

SECTION: 61

COURSE NAME:  Finance I

INSTRUCTOR:  Rampini

CASE PACKET (YES or NO?):  Yes 

FIRST ASSIGNMENT: Read the following: 1) Chapters 1-3.2 of Brealey, Myers, Allen, 2) Use of Financial Functions in Excel (in casepacket); 3) Teaching note – Present and Future Value Concepts and Applications (in casepacket).

1.  TEXT  --   REQUIRED

AUTHOR:   Brealey, Myers, Allen

PUBLISHER:  Irwin/McGraw-Hill 

TITLE:  Principles of Corporate Finance

ED./DATE: 8th edition,                     ISBN: 0-07-313082-6

2.  TEXT  --   OPTIONAL

AUTHOR: V. Sivarama Krishnan 

PUBLISHER: Irwin-McGraw-Hill

TITLE:  Study Guide for use with Brealey, Myers, and Allen Principles of Corporate Finance

ED./DATE: 8th edition,                     ISBN: 0-07-295726-3

3.  TEXT  --   OPTIONAL

AUTHOR: Craig Holden 

PUBLISHER: Pearson/Prentice Hall

TITLE:  Excel Modeling in Corporate Finance Book/CD

ED./DATE: 2nd edition, ISBN: 0-13-142427-0

4.  TEXT  --   OPTIONAL

AUTHOR: Craig Holden 

PUBLISHER: Pearson/Prentice Hall

TITLE:  Excel Modeling in Investments Book/CD

ED./DATE: 2nd ed., 2005, ISBN: 0-13-142426-2

5.  TEXT  --   OPTIONAL

AUTHOR: K. M. Morris and V.B. Morris

PUBLISHER: Fireside

TITLE:  The Wall Street Journal Guide to Understanding Money & Investing

ED./DATE: 2004, ISBN: 0-74-326633-1

 

COURSE #:  FINC 441

SECTION: 61,62,91

COURSE NAME:  Finance II

INSTRUCTOR:  Polk

CASE PACKET (YES or NO?):  Yes 

FIRST ASSIGNMENT: The syllabus is in the course packet. Alternatively, you can get a copy off the web page (see below). Lecture outlines also are in the course packet. I recommend that you bring lectureoutlines to class. In the first lecture, I will provide you with an overview of the course. We willalso discuss what is meant by market efficiency, and why this matters – or does not matter – tofirms’ financial decision makers. We will typically cover two lectures per class.

For the firstclass, please bring the outlines for Lecture 1 and Lecture 2. To prepare for the first class, you should read (in this order) Chapters 13, 9, and 24 of Brealey, Myers, and Allen Principles of Corporate Finance. Also read the newspaper article "Are markets efficient?" This article is included in your case packet. You should also remember to bring your name plate to the first and subsequent classes. The web page will be used as the primary mechanism for transferring documents. Lecture outlines, problem sets, problem set solutions, and previous exams will all be made available on the web page. In addition, files that you will need to complete cases and problem sets will reside on the web page. To read these files, you must have Adobe’s Acrobat Reader. If you do not already have this software installed on your machine, click on the Adobe hypertext. You will be transferred to Adobe’s homepage where you will be able to download the software free of charge. The address of the course web page is:

http://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/faculty/polk/d41/

Due to intellectual property concerns, articles and cases will not be available on the web page;

these materials can only be found in the course packet.

1.  TEXT  --   REQUIRED

AUTHOR:   Brealey, Myers, Allen

PUBLISHER:  Irwin/McGraw-Hill 

TITLE:  Principles of Corporate Finance

ED./DATE: 8th Edition

 


COURSE #:  FINC 442

SECTION: 61,62,63

COURSE NAME:  Financial Decisions

INSTRUCTOR:  Dinc

CASE PACKET (YES or NO?):  Yes 

FIRST ASSIGNMENT: Attendance is mandatory.

1.  TEXT  --   REQUIRED - NONE

2.  TEXT  --   OPTIONAL

AUTHOR: Brealey and Myers

PUBLISHER: Irwin-McGraw-Hill

TITLE:  Study Guide for use with Brealey, Myers, and Allen Principles of Corporate Finance

ED./DATE: 8th edition,                     ISBN: 0-07-295726-3

3.  TEXT  --   OPTIONAL

AUTHOR: Copeland, Koller, and Murrin

PUBLISHER: Wiley

TITLE:  Valuation:  Measuring and Managing the Value of Companies

ED./DATE: 4th ed., 2005

 


COURSE #:  FINC 442

SECTION: 64

COURSE NAME:  Financial Decisions

INSTRUCTOR:  Liberti

CASE PACKET (YES or NO?):  Yes 

FIRST ASSIGNMENT  Attendance is mandatory.

1.  TEXT  --   REQUIRED - NONE

2.  TEXT  --   OPTIONAL

AUTHOR: Brealey and Myers

PUBLISHER: Irwin-McGraw-Hill

TITLE:  Study Guide for use with Brealey, Myers, and Allen Principles of Corporate Finance

ED./DATE: 8th edition,                     ISBN: 0-07-295726-3

3.  TEXT  --   OPTIONAL

AUTHOR: Copeland, Koller, and Murrin

PUBLISHER: Wiley

TITLE:  Valuation:  Measuring and Managing the Value of Companies

ED./DATE: 4th ed., 2005

 


COURSE #:  445

SECTION:  61

COURSE NAME:  Venture Capital and Private Equity Investing

 

INSTRUCTOR:  Collins

 

CASE PACKET (YES or NO?):  Yes 

 

FIRST ASSIGNMENT:  Read “Note on the Venture Capital Industry” in course pack.

 

1.  TEXT  --   REQUIRED - NONE

 

COURSE #:  FINC 446

SECTION:  61

COURSE NAME:  Entrepreneurial Finance

INSTRUCTOR:  Rogers

CASE PACKET:  Yes 

FIRST ASSIGNMENT: In class assignment. Attendance at first class is mandatory.  Bring calculator.

1.  TEXT  --    REQUIRED

AUTHOR: Steven Rogers

PUBLISHER:  McGraw Hill

TITLE: The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Finance and Business: Wealth Creation Techniques for Growing a Business

ED./DATE: 1st ed., 2002    ISBN: 0-07-138081-7

 

COURSE #:  FINC 446

SECTION:  62

COURSE NAME:  Entrepreneurial Finance

INSTRUCTOR:  Collins

CASE PACKET:  Yes 

FIRST ASSIGNMENT: N/A

1.  TEXT  --    REQUIRED

AUTHOR: Steven Rogers

PUBLISHER:  McGraw Hill

TITLE: The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Finance and Business: Wealth Creation Techniques for Growing a Business

ED./DATE: 1st ed., 2002    ISBN: 0-07-138081-7

 


COURSE #: FINC 448

 SECTIONS: 61

COURSE NAME:  Corporate Restructuring

INSTRUCTOR:  Thompson

CASE PACKET:  Yes 

FIRST ASSIGNMENT: TBA

1.  TEXT  --   NONE

       

COURSE #:  FINC 451 

SECTION:  81

COURSE NAME:  Money Markets & the Fed 

 

INSTRUCTOR:  Krishnamurthy

 

FIRST ASSIGNMENT:  See syllabus on course web page.

 

1.  TEXT  --   REQUIRED

 

AUTHOR: Hubbard

PUBLISHER:  Addison Wesley

 

TITLE: Money, The Financial System and the Economy

ED./DATE: 5th edition

 

 

COURSE # FINC 453 

SECTION:  81

COURSE NAME:  Risk Bearing Markets

INSTRUCTOR:  Bolnick

************CANCELED COURSE AS OF 2-24-06************

 


COURSE #:  460 

SECTION:  61 

COURSE NAME:  Investments 

INSTRUCTOR: Jagannathan

CASE PACKET:  Yes 

FIRST ASSIGNMENT: TBA

1.  TEXT  --   REQUIRED

AUTHOR: Zvi Bodie, Alex Kane and Alan J. Marcus

PUBLISHER:  McGraw-Hill

TITLE: Investments

ED./DATE: 6th ed., January 2004

 


COURSE #:  461 

SECTION:  81

COURSE NAME:  Investment Banking

INSTRUCTOR:  Stowell

CASE PACKET:  Yes 

FIRST ASSIGNMENT: N/A

1.  TEXT  --  None.

 

 


COURSE #:  464

SECTION: 61

COURSE NAME:  Fixed Income

INSTRUCTOR:  Lucas

CASE PACKET (YES or NO?):  Yes 

FIRST ASSIGNMENT:  Read Chapter 1 of the HFIS

1.  TEXT  --   REQUIRED

AUTHOR:   Frank J. Fabozzi

PUBLISHER:  McGraw-Hill Trade

TITLE:  The Handbook of Fixed Income Securities

ED./DATE: 7th ed (new)

2.  TEXT  -- OPTIONAL

AUTHOR:   Bruce Tuckman

PUBLISHER:  Wiley Finance

TITLE:  Fixed Income Securities: Tools for Today’s Market

ED./DATE: 2nd edition 2002

         

 


COURSE #:  465

SECTION: 91

COURSE NAME: Derivatives Markets I

INSTRUCTOR:  Furfine

CASE PACKET:  None.

FIRST ASSIGNMENT: TBA

1.  TEXT  --   REQUIRED

AUTHOR:   Robert L. McDonald

PUBLISHER:  Addison Wesley

TITLE:  Derivatives Markets

ED./DATE: 2nd  edition (if not available 1st edition is ok)


COURSE # FINC 467

SECTION 81

COURSE NAME: Derivatives Markets II

INSTRUCTOR:  McDonald

CASE PACKET:  Yes

FIRST ASSIGNMENT: See website or syllabus.

1.  TEXT  --   REQUIRED

AUTHOR:   Robert L. McDonald

PUBLISHER:  Addison Wesley

TITLE:  Derivatives Markets

ED./DATE: 1st ed., 2002

 

 COURSE #:  INTL 470    

SECTION:  61,62

COURSE NAME:  International Finance

INSTRUCTOR:  Andersen

CASE PACKET (YES or NO?): Yes

FIRST ASSIGNMENT:  Read chapter 1 and 5 in Eun Resnick

1.  TEXT  --   REQUIRED

AUTHOR: Cheol S. Eun  and Bruce G. Resnick

PUBLISHER:  McGraw-Hill Irwin

TITLE:  International Financial Management

ED./DATE:  4th edition

 

COURSE #:  FINC 520-1

SECTION:  21

COURSE NAME: PHD Seminar

INSTRUCTOR:  Doan

CASE PACKET (YES or NO?): no

FIRST ASSIGNMENT: TBA

1.  TEXT  --   REQUIRED

AUTHOR:  Hamilton, James

PUBLISHER:  Princeton University Press

TITLE: Time Series Analysis

ED./DATE: 1984

 

COURSE #:  FINC 520

SECTION:  21

COURSE NAME: PHD Seminar

INSTRUCTOR:  Sapienza/Lucas

CASE PACKET (YES or NO?): no

FIRST ASSIGNMENT: TBA

1.  TEXT  --   None

 


COURSE #

FINC 925 

SECTION:  81 

COURSE NAME:  Practicum in Analytical Finance

INSTRUCTOR:  Jagannathan

CASE PACKET:  No

FIRST ASSIGNMENT: TBA

1.  TEXT  --   REQUIRED

AUTHOR: Bruce Greenwald, Judd Kahn, Paul D. Sonkin and Michael Van Biema

PUBLISHER:  John Wily, New York, 2001

TITLE:  Value Investing: from Grahm to Buffet and Beyond

ED./DATE:  2001

2.  TEXT  --   REQUIRED

AUTHOR: Benjamin Grahm, Updated with new comentary by Jason Zweig

PUBLISHER:  Harper Collins, New York, 2003

TITLE:  The intelligent Investor

ED./DATE:  4th edition ( revised 2003)

 

COURSE #:  FINC 930B

SECTION: 81

COURSE NAME: Environmental Finance

INSTRUCTOR:  Sandor

CASE PACKET: Yes

FIRST ASSIGNMENT: TBA

1.  TEXT  --   none

 

COURSE #:  FINC 931

SECTION: 81

COURSE NAME: Wall Street, Hedge Funds and Private Equity (LBO) Funds

INSTRUCTOR:  Stowell

CASE PACKET:YES

FIRST ASSIGNMENT: See website or syllabus.

1.  TEXT  --   none