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Intro; Foreword; Preface; Summary Table of Contents; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; 1 The Non-graphical Foundation: Coase and The Law's Irrelevance; 1 The Farmer-Rancher Example; 2 The Polluter-Neighbor Example; 3 Impediments to Irrelevance: Transaction Costs and Others; 3.1 Distribution of Wealth; 3.2 Systematic Errors; 3.3 Negotiation Holdouts; 3.4 Aversion to Risk; 4 Conclusion; 5 Exercise; 2 Introduction to Mathematica: Hello World in Text and Graphics; 1 Kernel, Notebook, and Cells; 2 More About Cells; 3 Simple Commands on the Screen; 4 Lists and Their Basics; 5 Table[ ]
6 Conclusion7 Exercises; 3 The Mathematical Frontier: Trigonometry, Derivatives, Optima, Differential Equations; 1 Trigonometry Illustrated; 1.1 An Angle, Its Sine, and Cosine; 1.2 Tangent and Cotangent, Solve[ ]; 1.3 Labels, Creating Functions; 2 Derivatives and Optimization; 3 Differential Equations and Transitions in Time; 4 Conclusion; 5 Exercises; 4 Money and Time; 1 Periodic Compounding; 2 Continuous Compounding; 3 Annuities; 4 Internal Rate of Return; 5 Risk; 6 Conclusion; 7 Exercises; 5 The Capital Asset Pricing Model; 1 Diversification and Its Limits; 2 Undiversifiable Risk
3 Measuring Market Risk4 The Capital Asset Pricing Model; 5 Reconciling with the Practice of Capitalization Using the P/E Ratio; 6 Conclusion; 7 Exercises; 6 Options; 1 Types of Options; 2 Payouts; 3 Call Option Valuation; 4 Board Decisions in the Zone of Insolvency; 5 Executive Compensation; 6 The Proposal to Restructure by Distributing Options; 7 Conclusion; 8 Exercises; 7 Illustrating Statistical Data; 1 Simple Settings: Plot the Data; 1.1 Crime and Abortions; 1.2 Patent Age and Litigation; 1.3 Grocery Bags and Infections; 1.4 Bar Exam and GPA; 2 Complex Settings: Plot the Residuals
3 Conclusion; 4 Exercises; 8 Probability Theory: Imperfect Observations; 1 Introduction; 2 When to Add and When to Multiply; 3 The Rare Disease Paradox; 4 The Cab Color Paradox; 5 The Evaluation of Weak DNA Evidence; 5.1 1972 San Francisco Against 2003 Database; 5.2 The Alternative Suspect Did It; 5.3 Someone Not in the Database Did It; 5.4 Someone in the Database Did It; 5.5 Completing the Analysis; 6 Judicial and Prosecutorial Error; 7 Misperception of Probability: The Three Boxes Problem; 8 Inference, Confidence, Tests; 9 Conclusion; 10 Exercises; 9 Financial Statements and Mergers
1 The Purpose of Financial Statements2 Balance Sheet and Income Statement; 3 An Actual Balance Sheet; 4 Depreciation; 5 The Visual Balance Sheet; 6 A Seniority Balance Sheet; 7 Par Value and Some Transactions; 8 The Enterprise-Value Balance Sheet; 9 A Fraudulent Transfer Law Application; 10 Merger Accounting; 11 Conclusion; 12 Exercises; 10 Aversion to Risk; 1 Risk Aversion; 2 The Certainty Equivalent; 3 Models of Risk Aversion; 4 Insurance; 5 Estimates of the Risk-Aversion Coefficient; 6 Deriving the Utility of Wealth Function; 7 Legal Change; 8 Conclusion; 9 Exercises
6 Conclusion7 Exercises; 3 The Mathematical Frontier: Trigonometry, Derivatives, Optima, Differential Equations; 1 Trigonometry Illustrated; 1.1 An Angle, Its Sine, and Cosine; 1.2 Tangent and Cotangent, Solve[ ]; 1.3 Labels, Creating Functions; 2 Derivatives and Optimization; 3 Differential Equations and Transitions in Time; 4 Conclusion; 5 Exercises; 4 Money and Time; 1 Periodic Compounding; 2 Continuous Compounding; 3 Annuities; 4 Internal Rate of Return; 5 Risk; 6 Conclusion; 7 Exercises; 5 The Capital Asset Pricing Model; 1 Diversification and Its Limits; 2 Undiversifiable Risk
3 Measuring Market Risk4 The Capital Asset Pricing Model; 5 Reconciling with the Practice of Capitalization Using the P/E Ratio; 6 Conclusion; 7 Exercises; 6 Options; 1 Types of Options; 2 Payouts; 3 Call Option Valuation; 4 Board Decisions in the Zone of Insolvency; 5 Executive Compensation; 6 The Proposal to Restructure by Distributing Options; 7 Conclusion; 8 Exercises; 7 Illustrating Statistical Data; 1 Simple Settings: Plot the Data; 1.1 Crime and Abortions; 1.2 Patent Age and Litigation; 1.3 Grocery Bags and Infections; 1.4 Bar Exam and GPA; 2 Complex Settings: Plot the Residuals
3 Conclusion; 4 Exercises; 8 Probability Theory: Imperfect Observations; 1 Introduction; 2 When to Add and When to Multiply; 3 The Rare Disease Paradox; 4 The Cab Color Paradox; 5 The Evaluation of Weak DNA Evidence; 5.1 1972 San Francisco Against 2003 Database; 5.2 The Alternative Suspect Did It; 5.3 Someone Not in the Database Did It; 5.4 Someone in the Database Did It; 5.5 Completing the Analysis; 6 Judicial and Prosecutorial Error; 7 Misperception of Probability: The Three Boxes Problem; 8 Inference, Confidence, Tests; 9 Conclusion; 10 Exercises; 9 Financial Statements and Mergers
1 The Purpose of Financial Statements2 Balance Sheet and Income Statement; 3 An Actual Balance Sheet; 4 Depreciation; 5 The Visual Balance Sheet; 6 A Seniority Balance Sheet; 7 Par Value and Some Transactions; 8 The Enterprise-Value Balance Sheet; 9 A Fraudulent Transfer Law Application; 10 Merger Accounting; 11 Conclusion; 12 Exercises; 10 Aversion to Risk; 1 Risk Aversion; 2 The Certainty Equivalent; 3 Models of Risk Aversion; 4 Insurance; 5 Estimates of the Risk-Aversion Coefficient; 6 Deriving the Utility of Wealth Function; 7 Legal Change; 8 Conclusion; 9 Exercises