Theory and Application of the Interest Rate - Hardcover

by Eli Schwartz (Author)

This work provides an integration of the financial and economic aspects of the interest rate. It depicts how the interest rate operates in the macro-economy to set the supply and the allocation of capital and how it functions on the micro-economic level to optimize capital decision-making. It describes the function of the financial markets in setting the supply and cost-of-funds to various users, of estimating a reasonable cost of capital for operational purposes of business firms and public sector authorities, and the application of discounting and present-value methods to financial and investment decisions and strategies.

This work is unique in presenting seamless coverage of the function of the interest rate across varying markets. It will be of interest to scholars and students in economics and finance.

Author Biography

ELI SCHWARTZ is the Charles W. MacFarlane Professor of Economics at Lehigh University. His many articles have been published in journals such as the Journal of Finance, the Southern Economic Journal, the American Economic Review, and the Journal of Forensic Economics. He is the author of Trouble in Eden: A Comparison of the British and Swedish Economies (Praeger, 1980).