How is finance related to the disciplines of accounting and economics?
Financial management is necessarily a combination of economics and accounting. First, financial managers make use of accounting information- income statements, balance sheets, and etc-to analyze, plan, and allocate financial resources for business firms. Second, financial managers make use of economic principles to guide them in making financial decisions which are in the best interest of the firm. Alternatively, finance is an applied area of economics that depends on accounting for input.