Here are the notes for lecture 2, Here are the slides in 2*2 format. Apologies that there’s no recording. Please try to read Pilbeam, chapters 1-3, for next week. I’ve also posted links to the course pack and some online readings on the course page.
Now, some cool readings:
The scientific evolution of finance
Pioneers of Finance
Some advice on writing from mathematician Paul Halmos:
The basic problem in writing mathematics is the same as in writing biology, writing a novel, or writing directions for assembling a harpsichord: the problem is to communicate an idea. To do so, and to do it clearly, you must hâve something to say, and you must hâve [...]
Abstract. This paper studies the age distribution of firms in Ireland from 1961 to 2009 using data on over 159,000 firms. I build a model which mixes a lognormal distribution of firm size with an exponential distribution of firm age to explain the evolution of these data. The model is fitted using maximum likelihood estimation, [...]
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