best textbooks for freshman economics, IPO’s, and accounting?
Florene asks:
i’m part of a new small business venture and i need to review econ, accounting and IPO’s. what textbooks do you recommend on each subject?
i’m part of a new small business venture and i need to review econ, accounting and IPO’s. what textbooks do you recommend on each subject?
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Actually I would just go and get the Series of “Dummy” books in those subjects because if you know little about them they are great…
Good luck with the venture
Micro-economics: “Microeconomics” Besanko/Braeutigam
Macroecoomics: “Macroeconomics” Abel/Bernanke (yes - that Ben Bernanke). This is far and away the best and clearest written macro book I’ve read.
Accounting: “Financial Accounting” Stickney/Weil
and “Financial Accounting” by Libby/Libby/Short
IPOs. Well, this is a really, really small subsector of financial markets. You’re better of reading a capital markets book. Let me recommend this:
“Captial Markets” Fabbozzi/Modigliani (as in Miller & Modigliani)
If you want something lighter, try:
“Introduction to Capital Markets”: Chisholm & Chisholm
A great textbook for accounting is Kieso, Weygandt, and Warfield’s - Intermediate Accounting.