Introduction

This textbook is intended to fill a gap in undergraduate finance curriculums by providing an asset pricing text that is accessible for undergraduate finance students. It offers an overview of original works on foundational asset pricing studies that follows their historical publication chronologically throughout the text.

Content and Approach

Each chapter stays close to the original works of these major authors, including quotations, examples, graphical exhibits, and empirical results. Additionally, it includes statistical concepts and methods as applied to finance. These statistical materials are crucial to learning asset pricing, which often applies statistical tests to evaluate different asset pricing models.

Additional Resources

It offers practical examples, questions, and problems to help students check their learning and better understand the fundamentals of asset pricing, alongside including PowerPoint slides and an instructor’s manual for professors.