Analysis of Financial Data - by Gary Koop (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

Analysis of Financial Data teaches basic methods and techniques of data analysis to finance students. It covers many of the major tools used by the financial economist i.e. regression and time series methods including discussion of nonstationary models, multivariate concepts such as cointegration and models of conditional volatility. It shows students how to apply such techniques in the context of real-world empirical problems. It adopts a largely non-mathematical approach relying on verbal and graphical intuition and contains extensive use of real data examples and involves readers in hands-on computer work.

Analysis of Financial Data has been adapted by Gary Koop from his highly successful textbook Analysis of Economic Data.

From the Back Cover

Analysis of Financial Data teaches the basic methods and techniques of data analysis to finance students, by showing them how to apply such techniques in the context of real-world empirical problems.

Adopting a largely non-mathematical approach Analysis of Financial Data relies more on verbal intuition and graphical methods for understanding.

Key features include:

• Coverage of many of the major tools used by the financial economist e.g. correlation, regression, time series analysis and methods for analyzing financial volatility.
• Extensive use of real data examples, which involves readers in hands-on computer work.
• Mathematical techniques at a level suited to MBA students and undergraduates taking a first course in the topic.

Supplementary material for readers and lecturers provided on an accompanying website.

About the Author

Gary Koop is Professor of Economics at the University of Strathclyde.