Finance and Economics

The following resources are from the public. I would like to thank all distinguished scholars and contributors who made their teaching notes, materials, and other information online and accessible, your contributions to the future of finance and economics are invaluable. If you do not want to see your materials on this website, have any questions, or something you suggest adding, please feel free to get in touch below. (lasted update: April 2024)

Conference Information

1. Conferences led by Bristol Financial Market Research Group: here (paper submissions around Feb or March of the year and normally happen in the same summer)

2. Conferences led by Bristol Banking Group: here 

3. Conference information on AFA: here

4. Conference information on Conference Maker: here

5. Conference information on SSRN: here

6. Conference information on NBER: here

7. Conference information on CEPR: here

TBC

Introductory Level of Finance and Economics

1. For finance students who want to build a robust foundation on econometrics, I personally would suggest the book written by my lifelong friend and mentor: Chris Brooks (Bristol and Reading), Introductory Econometrics for Finance (4th Edition). You can watch these lecture videos by Chris on YouTube.

Related: Chris Brooks (Bristol and Reading) and Robert Wichmann (Reading), R Guide to Accompany Introductory Econometrics for Finance

Related: Ran Tao (Bristol) and Chris Brooks (Bristol and Reading), Python Guide to Accompany Introductory Econometrics for Finance

2. Jeffrey M. Woodridge (Michigan), Introductory Econometrics: A Modern Approach

TBC

Information about Pre-Doc, RAs, and Graduate Schools

1. Why do a predoc: here (For those who are certain about their academic research career, my personal suggestion is that if you can go to PhD programme directly, go there; if not, predoc can be a good option for you to get some good connections and experiences. For those who are still considering their way ahead and are initially interested in research, it is necessary to get some flavor of research and then you can decide.)

2. Opening Positions: Econ-RA, PREDOC, scholars' web/social media, universities' recruiting websites, etc.

3. Suggestions and ideas about how to prepare for Predocs (and early stage of academic research) can be found: here

4. For all research assistants/associates/professionals, data processing and management skills are extremely important, and you can find some resources on this website as well: Data and Processing.

5. Susan Athey, Advice for Applying to Graduate School in Economics

6. Chris Blattman, Advice for Applying to Graduate School in Economics – 

7. Torsha Chakravorty, Aishwarya Kekre, Prerna Kundu, Lakshya Narula, and Vaibhav Ojha, Applying to PhD Programs in Economics: An Extensive Guide

8. Kasey Buckles, Interviews of Graduate Admissions Officers

9. CSWEP Newsletter, Considering Graduate Education in Economics? A Few Things to Ponder

10. The Chronicle of Higher Education, Your First Year in a PhD Program

11. TBC

PhD Lecture Notes

1. Ralph S.J. Koijen (Chicago Booth) and Motohiro Yogo (University of Princeton), PhD Lecture Notes: Financial Economics of Insurance

2. Ralph S.J. Koijen (Chicago Booth) and Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh (Columbia Business School), PhD Lecture Notes: Empirical Asset Pricing, 

3. Jiang, Zhengyang (Kellogg School of Management), PhD Lecture Notes: International Finance

4. Todd A. Gormley (Olin Business School), PhD Lecture Notes: Empirical Methods in Corporate Finance

5. Zhang, Johnew (Columbia Business School), PhD Lecture Notes: Finance and Economics

6. Bernt Arne Ødegaard (UiS Business School), PhD Lecture Notes: Finance

7. Paul Söderlind (University of St. Gallen), PhD Lecture Notes: Econometrics for Finance

8. Itay Goldstein (Wharton School), PhD Lecture Notes: Information in Financial Markets and Its Real Effects 

9. Itay Goldstein (Wharton School), PhD Lecture Notes: Moral Hazard

10. Itay Goldstein (Wharton School), PhD Lecture Notes: Theory of the Firm

11. Itay Goldstein (Wharton School), PhD Lecture Notes: Capital Structure

12. Itay Goldstein (Wharton School), PhD Lecture Notes: Financial Contracting

13. Itay Goldstein (Wharton School), PhD Lecture Notes: Corporate Control

14. Itay Goldstein (Wharton School), PhD Lecture Notes: Financial Intermediation and Crises

15. Itay Goldstein (Wharton School), PhD Lecture Notes: Financial Markets

16. Itay Goldstein (Wharton School), PhD Lecture Notes: Feedback Effects

17. Itay Goldstein (Wharton School), Lecture on "Short Term Debt and Incentives in Banks"

18. Michael Tehranchi (Cambridge), PhD Lecture Notes: Advanced Financial Models

19. Jeffrey Wooldridge (Michigan State), Works Mostly DiD & Others

20. Theresa Kuchler and Professor Johannes Stroebel (NYU), PhD Lecture: Empirical Household Finance

21. Prof. John H. Cochrane (Chicago), Time Series for Macroeconomics and Finance

Advice for Aspiring Economists

by Professor Gregory Mankiw (Harvard)

Here is some advice for, say, an undergraduate considering a career as an economist.

1. Take as many math and statistics courses as you can stomach.

2. Choose your economics courses from professors who are passionate about the field and care about teaching. Ignore the particular topics covered when choosing courses. All parts of economics can be made interesting, or deadly dull, depending on the instructor.

3. Use your summers to experience economics from different perspectives. Spend one working as a research assistant for a professor, one working in a policy job in government, and one working in the private sector.

4. Read economics for fun in your spare time. To get you started, here is a list of recommended readings.

   1. 1. Milton Friedman, Capitalism and Freedom

      2. Robert Heilbroner, The Worldly Philosophers

      3. Paul Krugman, Peddling Prosperity

      4. Steven Landsburg, The Armchair Economist

      5. P.J. O'Rourke, Eat the Rich

      6. Burton Malkiel, A Random Walk Down Wall Street

      7. Avinash Dixit and Barry Nalebuff, Thinking Strategically

      8. Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner, Freakonomics

      9. John McMillan, Reinventing the Bazaar

      10. William Breit and Barry T. Hirsch, Lives of the Laureate

5. Follow economics news. The best weekly is The Economist. The best daily is the Wall Street Journal.

6. If you are at a research university, attend the economic research seminars at your school about once a week. You may not understand the discussions at first, because they may seem too technical, but you will pick up more than you know, and eventually, you’ll be giving the seminar yourself.