Academic discipline concerned with the exchange of money
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Financial economics is the branch of economics characterized by a "concentration on monetary activities", in which "money of one type or another is likely to appear on both sides of a trade".[1]
Its concern is thus the interrelation of financial variables, such as share prices, interest rates and exchange rates, as opposed to those concerning the real economy.
It has two main areas of focus:[2] asset pricing and corporate finance; the first being the perspective of providers of capital, i.e. investors, and the second of users of capital.
It thus provides the theoretical underpinning for much of finance.
The subject is concerned with "the allocation and deployment of economic resources, both spatially and across time, in an uncertain environment".[3][4] It therefore centers on decision making under uncertainty in the context of the financial markets, and the resultant economic and financial models and principles, and is concerned with deriving testable or policy implications from acceptable assumptions.
It thus also includes a formal study of the financial markets themselves, especially market microstructure and market regulation.
It is built on the foundations of microeconomics and decision theory.
Financial econometrics is the branch of financial economics that uses econometric techniques to parameterise the relationships identified.
Mathematical finance is related in that it will derive and extend the mathematical or numerical models suggested by financial economics.
Whereas financial economics has a primarily microeconomic focus, monetary economics is primarily macroeconomic in nature.
^William F. Sharpe, "Financial Economics" Archived 2004-06-04 at the Wayback Machine, in "Macro-Investment Analysis". Stanford University (manuscript). Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2009-08-06.
^Merton H. Miller, (1999). The History of Finance: An Eyewitness Account, Journal of Portfolio Management. Summer 1999.
^Robert C. Merton "Nobel Lecture" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2009-03-19. Retrieved 2009-08-06.
^See Fama and Miller (1972), The Theory of Finance, in Bibliography.
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