"Economic Development Finance provides a foundation for students and professionals in the technical aspects of business and real estate finance and surveys the full range of policies, program models, and financing tools used in economic development practice within the United States."--Jacket.

Introduction to Finance, 17th Edition offers students a balanced introduction to the three major areas of finance: institutions and markets, investments, and financial management. Updated to incorporate recent economic and financial events, this new edition is an ideal textbook for first courses in finance—reviewing the discipline’s essential concepts, principles, and practices in a clear, reader-friendly manner. Students gain an integrated perspective of finance by learning how markets and institutions influence, and are influenced by, individuals, businesses, and governments. Designed to impart financial literacy to readers with no previous background in the subject, the text provides a solid foundation for students to build upon in later courses in financial management, investments, or financial markets. Equations and mathematical concepts are kept to a minimum, and include understandable, step-by-step solutions. Divided into three parts, the book explains financial markets, discusses the functions of financial systems, reviews savings and investments in different sectors, describes accounting concepts and organizational structures, and more. Real-world examples featured throughout the text help students understand important concepts and appreciate the role of finance in various local, national, and global settings.

This fourth revised and updated edition gives a practical overview of contemporary finance from a New Zealand perspective. It helps students understand: how the financial system and the institutions within it operate; how and why financial decisions are made; the tools, techniques and concepts used in finance, and how they are applied to the major sectors of finance; and how individuals plan their short- and long-term financial activities; how business organisations manage and finance their short- and long-term financial activities. Broad in scope, Fundamentals of Finance explains the important financial decisions made by businesses and individuals, and how these decisions are influenced by the financial environment in which we live and work. It provides an introduction to finance that assists students to make their own financial decisions. Helpful features include: examples, self-test questions (with solutions!), learning objectives, a glossary of terms and useful formulae.

Bibliography; Exercises; Appendix: Itô's Lemma; 4 Financial derivatives; 4.1 Options and futures; 4.2 Pricing of derivatives; 4.3 Interest rate derivatives; Summary; Bibliography; Exercises; Appendix: The market price of risk; 5 Market risk; 5.1 Market risk metrics; 5.2 VaR calculation methods; 5.3 Inside VaR; Summary; Bibliography; Exercises; Appendix: Factor mapping for VaR; 6 Interest rate risk; 6.1 The dynamics of interest rates; 6.2 Short-rate models; 6.3 IRR management; Summary; Bibliography; Exercises; Appendix: Principal component analysis of the term structure; 7 Credit risk.

This book attempts to deal with financing and investment-related topics with a particular focus on decision-making from a private and public company point of view. The approach taken is to cover theory for each area of business finance and relate the concepts to current practices in the industry with the help of relevant industry examplesThe book attempts to make the subject accessible, interesting, and relatable to all readers including ones introduced to business finance for the first time. The book is designed to be appropriate for both classroom use with faculty and self-study for those learning without the aid of an instructor. The book is mapped to B.Sc(Actuarial Science and Quantitative Finance) Course - Semester 1.