Choice under Uncertainty -- Modern Portfolio Theory -- The Capital Asset Pricing Model -- Empirical Analysis of the CAPM -- The Consumption CAPM -- Arbitrage Pricing Theory and Multi-factor Models -- Empirical Cross-Sectional Asset Pricing -- The Black-Litterman Model -- Event-Study Analysis.

Climate policy needs to set incentives for actors who face imperfect, distorted markets and large uncertainties about the costs and benefits of abatement. Investors price uncertain assets according to their expected return and risk (carbon beta). We study carbon pricing and financial incentives...

Climate policy needs to set incentives for actors who face imperfect, distorted markets and large uncertainties about the costs and benefits of abatement. Investors price uncertain assets according to their expected return and risk (carbon beta). We study carbon pricing and financial incentives...