Course # 36101 Section Number 1 Day(s) M- W Time(s) 9:00am-10:20am Term Winter 2025 Specialization Municipal Finance Finance & Policy Course Instructor Carolin Pflueger Syllabus Syllabus 1/6/25 Central banks, Treasury departments, the IMF, and sovereign wealth funds use financial data and tools to inform their decisions. This class covers the main concepts of finance theory for stocks, bonds, and investment portfolios and applies them in the public policy context. Topics covered include the following: present value, real and nominal interest rates, optimal portfolio choice, Value-at-Risk and Growth-at-Risk, risk and return, the Capital Asset Pricing Model, performance evaluation, market efficiency, and return predictability. Notes Attendance at discussion sessions is optional for this class. Quarter Title Instructor Day(s) Time(s) Syllabus Winter 2025 Financial Investments for Public Policy Carolin Pflueger Monday, Wednesday 9:00am-10:20am Syllabus Recent News More news Alumni Profile: Lindsay Hiser, MPP’23 Thu., May 08, 2025 Alumni Profile: Ricardo Sande, MPP’23 Tue., May 06, 2025 New Research Shows 60% of Historic Homelessness Increase Prompted by Immigration Policy Tue., May 06, 2025 Upcoming Events More events DPSS Capstone Deepdive and TA Roundtable (in Chinese) Mon., May 12, 2025 | 7:00 AM Data and Policy Summer Scholar (DPSS) Mini Class with Sheng-Hao Lo Tue., May 13, 2025 | 7:00 AM Get to Know Harris! A Virtual Information Session Tue., May 13, 2025 | 4:30 PM