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by J Robert Buchanan
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2012
This textbook provides an introduction to financial mathematics and financial engineering for undergraduate students who have completed a three- or four-semester sequence of calculus courses. It introduces the theory of interest, discrete and continuous random variables and probability, stochastic...
by Kian Guan Lim
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2015
This book is an introduction to financial valuation and financial data analyses using econometric methods. It is intended for advanced finance undergraduates and graduates. Most chapters in the book would contain one or more finance application examples where finance concepts, and sometimes theory,...
by Thomas W Epps
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2007
This book presents techniques for valuing derivative securities at a level suitable for practitioners, students in doctoral programs in economics and finance, and those in masters-level programs in financial mathematics and computational finance. It provides the necessary mathematical tools from analysis,...
by Kaddour Hadri, William Mikhail
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2014
The volume aims at providing an outlet for some of the best papers presented at the 15th Annual Conference of the African Econometric Society, which is one of the “chapters” of the International Econometric Society. Many of these papers represent the state of the art in financial econometrics...
Singapore 2065
Leading Insights on Economy and Environment from 50 Singapore Icons and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2015
As Singapore enters its 50th year of independence, it is a time for introspection to look back at the successes and challenges of the past, but is also a crucial time to consider what the future holds for the nation.
Singapore 2065: Leading Insights on Economy and Environment from 50 Singapore...
Pollution Across Borders
Transboundary Fire, Smoke and Haze in Southeast Asia
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2018
This book is a collection of insights from experts of various fields, and will entail discussions of the recurring haze problem in Southeast Asia.
It discusses multiple aspects of the haze problem. What is the cause of the haze? Who are the perpetrators and victims? What are the impacts and...
by Suman Kumari Sharma, Euston Quah
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2018
Unlike existing books on the topic that cover more on non-economic aspects of natural disasters, this book covers economic aspects of natural disasters viz damage assessment, risk management and resilience. The book contains several case studies and covers some of the major natural disasters in different...
International Contracting
Contract Management in Complex Construction Projects
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2013
This book, about international contracting and contract management, is written from the angle of the contractor and discussed from an international perspective. It comments on real-life cases, taken from various kinds of projects: infrastructural works (roads, bridges, tunnels, rail roads), wind-...
Behavioral Finance
Where Do Investors' Biases Come From?
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2016
This unique volume presents new original research exploring factors that lead to investors behavioral biases. It discusses how features such as professionalism, sophistication, gender, media, and culture influence investors' decision-making in general, and in particular, how they generate (or limit)...
by Peter Bossaerts, Bernt Arne Ødegaard
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2006
This course of lectures introduces students to elementary concepts of corporate finance using a more systematic approach than is generally found in other textbooks.
Axioms are first highlighted and the implications of these important concepts are studied afterwards. These implications are used...
Bridging the GAAP
Recent Advances in Finance and Accounting
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2012
Bridging the GAAP: Recent Advances in Finance and Accounting lies at the intersection of the two disciplines. The readings in this volume bridge the gap between finance and accounting by looking at diverse topics in accounting and finance and by providing interesting points of view regarding their...
by Fima C Klebaner
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2005
This book presents a concise treatment of stochastic calculus and its applications. It gives a simple but rigorous treatment of the subject including a range of advanced topics, it is useful for practitioners who use advanced theoretical results. It covers advanced applications, such as models in...
Geometrical Properties of Differential Equations
Applications of the Lie Group Analysis in Financial Mathematics
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2015
This textbook is a short comprehensive and intuitive introduction to Lie group analysis of ordinary and partial differential equations. This practical-oriented material contains a large number of examples and problems accompanied by detailed solutions and figures. In comparison with the known beginner...
Option Pricing in Incomplete Markets
Modeling Based on Geometric Lévy Processes and Minimal Entropy Martingale Measures
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2011
This volume offers the reader practical methods to compute the option prices in the incomplete asset markets. The [GLP & MEMM] pricing models are clearly introduced, and the properties of these models are discussed in great detail. It is shown that the geometric Lévy process (GLP) is a typical...