I've been accepted into M.Phil in Finance in Tilburg(netherlands) and Msc in Financial Economics in BI(norway). Since there is not much detailed information about either university and it's sort of hard to compare two universities from different countries, I would like to post their courses and compulsory and recommended reading here, hope someone help me compare them to see which program is more career-oriented and which could be more difficult to study? I don't have very solid academic background and am not determined to be a phd. Thanks for all your help.
(for each course, first book is compulsory reading, else are recommended)
TILBURG
Quantitative Methods for Business
1. Simon, C.P. and Blume, L., Mathematics for Economists
2. Gert Nieuwenhuis, Statistics Methods for Business and Economics
(both compulsory reading)
Econometric Theory
Abadir, K., and Magnus, J. R., Matrix Algebra
Manski, C., Analog Estimation Methods in Econometrics
Cameron, A. C., and Trivedi, P. K., Microeconometrics - methods and applications, only selected chapters
Empirical Research in Economics
Marno Verbeek, A Guide to Modern Econometrics
Tobias Klein, Lecture Notes in Microeconometrics
Asset Pricing Theory
Cochrane, Asset Pricing
Quantitative Finance
David G. Luenberger, Investment Science
Stephen F. LeRoy, Jan Werner, Principles of Financial Economics
Principles of Accounting
W. Scott, Financial accounting theory
Multivariate Statistics
Lattin, Carrol and Green, Analysing Multivariate Data
Corporate Finance Theory
Jean Tirole, The Theory of Corporate Finance
Micro 1 (introduction)
Mas-Collel, Whinston and Green, Microeconomic Theory
Microeconometrics
A. Colin Cameron and Pravin K. Trivedi, Microeconometrics: Methods and Applications
Dynamic Capital Investment
A.K. Dixit, R.S. Pindyck, Investment under Uncertainty
P.M. Kort, J.M. Schumacher, Course Notes on Dynamic Optimization.
Economic Analysis of Accounting
J.A. Christensen & J.S. Demski, Accounting Theory
Industrial Organization for Business
Cabral, Luis M.B., Indtroduction to Industrial Organization
BI
Financial Management
Berk, Jonathan and Peter DeMarzo. 2007. Corporate finance
Corporate Responsibility
Kakabadse, Andrew and Mette Morsing, eds. 2006. Corporate social responsibility: Reconciling aspiration with application
Mathematics
Syds