Is the euro area getting closer with regard to business cycles? The study investigates the linkage between business cycle convergence and financial portfolio choice for a panel of 18 European countries. For this purpose an index is constructed which measures the similarity of investment...

"Principles of Finance with Excel comprehensively integrates Excel into the teaching and practice of finance. Simon Benninga's name is synonymous with financial modeling, and on full display here is the author's experience teaching undergraduates, graduate students, and executives how to use...