Financial Economics

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Credit Derivatives :

- Offers an introductory primer, detailed reference, and current news on this financial instrument. By Vinod Kothari.
Damodaran :

- Comprehensive site about topics of financial theory, with a focus in Corporate Finance, Valuation and Investments. Updated Data, Excel Spreadsheets and Papers.
Derivatives-on-line :

- Overview of financial derivatives modelling with focus on option pricing.
EDIRC - Financial Economics Institutes :

- Directory of links for Economics Departments, Institutes and Research Centers around the World.
Encyclopedia of Corporate Governance (Encycogov) :

- Provides papers and brief tutorials on many areas of corporate governance.
Finance Research :

- Provides directory and download of user-submitted working papers in finance. Requires registration.
Finance Resources on the Web :

- Directory of sites mantained by the Dakota University.
Finance Site List :

- Comprehensive list of finance-related sites organized by category. Maintained by The Journal of Finance.
Financial Crises :

- Research articles from the World Bank regarding the crises initiated in Mexico 1994, Thailand 1997, and Russia 1998.
Global Macroeconomic and Financial Policy Site :

- Research on contagion, Asia's currency crisis, and international finance. Provides many links to news, data sources, and other resources. Provided by Nouriel Roubini.
Interest Rate Swaps :

- Provides information on and discussion of interest rate swaps including actual ISDA contracts and articles on swap topics.
Investment Performance Analysis :

- Explains concepts and provides sample calculations of returns, measuring risk and performance attribution.
Journal of Finance :

- Publication of research of the main fields of financial theory. Contents, forthcoming papers and data sets.
Mechanisms for Financial Markets :

- Various papers on a new auction mechanism that breaks auctions into auctionettes, and on a new design of an exchange rate mechanism.
Real Options .org :

- Provides research paper abstracts, book reviews, conference information, links, and downloads relevant to the theory and practice of investment under uncertainty often referred to as real options valuation.
Vinod Kothari's Securitization Website :

- Comprehensive source of information and articles on securitization.