Essays in Derivatives

Essays in Derivatives
Author: Don M. Chance
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 403
Release: 2011-07-05
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1118160649

In the updated second edition of Don Chance’s well-received Essays in Derivatives, the author once again keeps derivatives simple enough for the beginner, but offers enough in-depth information to satisfy even the most experienced investor. This book provides up-to-date and detailed coverage of various financial products related to derivatives and contains completely new chapters covering subjects that include why derivatives are used, forward and futures pricing, operational risk, and best practices.

Econophysics and Financial Economics

Econophysics and Financial Economics
Author: Franck Jovanovic
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 249
Release: 2017
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0190205032

This book provides the first extensive analytic comparison between models and results from econophysics and financial economics in an accessible and common vocabulary. Unlike other publications dedicated to econophysics, it situates this field in the evolution of financial economics by laying the foundations for common theoretical framework and models.

Essays on Exchange

Essays on Exchange
Author: Peter Paul Carr
Publisher: Ann Arbor, Mich. : University Microfilms International
Total Pages: 542
Release: 1989
Genre: Economics
ISBN:

Vinzenz Bronzin's Option Pricing Models

Vinzenz Bronzin's Option Pricing Models
Author: Wolfgang Hafner
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 553
Release: 2009-11-18
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3540857117

In 1908, Vinzenz Bronzin, a professor of mathematics at the Accademia di Commercio e Nautica in Trieste, published a booklet in German entitled Theorie der Prämiengeschäfte (Theory of Premium Contracts) which is an old type of option contract. Almost like Bachelier’s now famous dissertation (1900), the work seems to have been forgotten shortly after it was published. However, almost every element of modern option pricing can be found in Bronzin’s book. He derives option prices for an illustrative set of distributions, including the Normal. - This volume includes a reprint of the original German text, a translation, as well as an appreciation of Bronzin's work from various perspectives (economics, history of finance, sociology, economic history) including some details about the professional life and circumstances of the author. The book brings Bronzin's early work to light again and adds an almost forgotten piece of research to the theory of option pricing.

Financial Derivatives Pricing: Selected Works Of Robert Jarrow

Financial Derivatives Pricing: Selected Works Of Robert Jarrow
Author: Robert A Jarrow
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 609
Release: 2008-10-08
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9814470635

This book is a collection of original papers by Robert Jarrow that contributed to significant advances in financial economics. Divided into three parts, Part I concerns option pricing theory and its foundations. The papers here deal with the famous Black-Scholes-Merton model, characterizations of the American put option, and the first applications of arbitrage pricing theory to market manipulation and liquidity risk.Part II relates to pricing derivatives under stochastic interest rates. Included is the paper introducing the famous Heath-Jarrow-Morton (HJM) model, together with papers on topics like the characterization of the difference between forward and futures prices, the forward price martingale measure, and applications of the HJM model to foreign currencies and commodities.Part III deals with the pricing of financial derivatives considering both stochastic interest rates and the likelihood of default. Papers cover the reduced form credit risk model, in particular the original Jarrow and Turnbull model, the Markov model for credit rating transitions, counterparty risk, and diversifiable default risk.

Quantitative Analysis In Financial Markets: Collected Papers Of The New York University Mathematical Finance Seminar (Vol Ii)

Quantitative Analysis In Financial Markets: Collected Papers Of The New York University Mathematical Finance Seminar (Vol Ii)
Author: Marco Avellaneda
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 379
Release: 2001-01-10
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9814493562

This book contains lectures delivered at the celebrated Seminar in Mathematical Finance at the Courant Institute. The lecturers and presenters of papers are prominent researchers and practitioners in the field of quantitative financial modeling. Most are faculty members at leading universities or Wall Street practitioners.The lectures deal with the emerging science of pricing and hedging derivative securities and, more generally, managing financial risk. Specific articles concern topics such as option theory, dynamic hedging, interest-rate modeling, portfolio theory, price forecasting using statistical methods, etc.