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Economics
14 lessons to explore at your own pace.
Lessons in Economics
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Self-paced lesson · ~13 min read
Real Estate Economics: Rents, Prices, and the Four-Quadrant Model
A building does two jobs: it gives someone a place to live or work, and it gives its owner an asset that can earn income. Real estate economics connects those jobs. Tenants compete for…
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Self-paced lesson · ~16 min read
The Urban Land Market: Location, Rents, and Prices
Why does a home near the city centre cost more than an otherwise identical home farther away? One explanation is that the central home saves its resident time and money on travel. Urban…
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Self-paced lesson · ~14 min read
The Urban Housing Market: Structures, Attributes, and Density
A developer owns one piece of land. Should it hold a few spacious homes or a taller building with many smaller apartments? Buyers may pay more for space and privacy, but land is scarce…
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Self-paced lesson · ~13 min read
Firm Site Selection and Industrial Land Use
A barber, a factory, and a warehouse can all employ local residents, yet choose very different sites. The barber needs customers to reach the shop. The factory needs workers and supplies…
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Self-paced lesson · ~12 min read
Employment Decentralization and Edge Cities
If suburban land is cheaper and workers already live nearby, why would a firm pay to stay downtown? And if leaving downtown saves money, why do firms build suburban clusters rather than…
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Self-paced lesson · ~15 min read
Retail Location and Market Competition
Why is there a small grocery shop near your home but a large shopping centre farther away? Why do competing clothing shops gather in one mall? And why might its largest tenant pay less…
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Self-paced lesson · ~13 min read
Local Governments, Property Taxes, and Real Estate
A home comes with more than walls and a location. Buying it also buys access to local services and a responsibility to help pay for them. A good school system can make a home more…
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Self-paced lesson · ~15 min read
Public Goods, Externalities, Development, and Regulations
A developer can earn more by adding another floor while making neighbouring homes darker. A neighbourhood can value a park more than its purchase price while no resident wants to pay for…
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Self-paced lesson · ~15 min read
Housing Markets: Turnover, Prices, User Cost, and Supply
A city can gain very few new households while millions of existing households move, buy, sell, or change tenure. A house can also become more expensive to purchase while appearing…
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Self-paced lesson · ~14 min read
Commercial Markets: Absorption, Leases, Offices, Industrial, Retail, and Hotels
A full office building, a busy warehouse, and a sold-out hotel all use space, but their demand drivers and adjustment speeds differ. An office tenant may commit for years; a hotel sells…
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Self-paced lesson · ~16 min read
Financial Markets, Financial Terms and Concepts, and Bond Mathematics
The central question is simple: how do we compare money, assets, and risks across time? First understand where trading happens and who trades; then learn to translate future cash flows…
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Self-paced lesson · ~18 min read
Linear Rates, Products, and Models: SOFR, Swaps, Yield Curves, and Hedging
Interest-rate markets connect today's money to future cash flows. Their basic products—deposits, bonds, futures, and swaps—provide the prices used to construct yield curves and hedge…
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Self-paced lesson · ~17 min read
Building a CFTC-Regulated Event Exchange: Kalshi, Market Design, and Event Risk
An event exchange turns a precisely defined future outcome into a tradable payoff. Building one requires much more than a forecasting website: contract language, order matching,…
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Self-paced lesson · ~5 min read
Guide to IPOs - Understanding the Costs, Process, and Market Trends
Welcome to today's lecture on Initial Public Offerings (IPOs). Our discussion will focus on why firms decide to go public, the costs and steps involved in the IPO process, and the…