Finance, Economics, and Mathematics (eBook)

Oldrich A. Vasicek (Autor)

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2015 | 1. Auflage
368 Seiten
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-1-119-18621-2 (ISBN)

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The compiled works of the man behind the evolution of quantitative finance

Finance, Economics, and Mathematics is the complete Vasicek reference work, including published and unpublished work and interviews with the man himself. The name Oldrich A. Vasicek is synonymous with cutting-edge research in the finance fields, and this book comes straight from the source to bring you the undiluted mother lode of quant wisdom from one of the founders of the field. From his early work in yield curve dynamics, to the mean-reverting short-rate model, to his thoughts on derivatives pricing, to his work on credit risk, to his most recent research on the economics of interest rates, this book represents the life's work of an industry leader. Going beyond the papers, you'll also find the more personal side inspirational as Vasicek talks about the academics and professionals who made lasting impressions and collaborated, debated, and ultimately helped spawn some of his greatest thinking.

Oldrich Vasicek has won virtually every important award and prize for his groundbreaking research in quantitative finance. You've followed his work for years; this book puts it all in a single volume to give you the definitive reference you'll turn to again and again.

* Explore Vasicek's insights on topics he helped create

* Discover his research and ideas that have gone unpublished--until now

* Understand yield curves and the Vasicek model from the source himself

* Gain a reference collection of some of the most influential work in quantitative finance

Vasicek's research is the foundation of one of the most important innovations in finance. Quants around the world have been influenced by his ideas, and his status as thought leader is cemented in the annals of finance history. Finance, Economics, and Mathematics is the definitive Vasicek reference every finance professional needs.

Autor

OLDRICH ALFONS VASICEK works in mathematical finance, particularly on the development of quantitative models of firms, financial instruments, and financial markets. He was a founding partner of KMV Corporation, a firm pioneering the use of structural models for credit valuation. He is an inductee into the Derivatives Strategy Hall of Fame, the Fixed Income Analysts Society Hall of Fame, and the Risk Magazine Hall of Fame.

Inhalt

Foreword (by Robert C. Merton) ix

Preface xi

PART ONE Efforts and Opinions 1

CHAPTER 1 Introduction to Part I 3

CHAPTER 2 Lifetime Achievement Award (by Dwight Cass) 7

CHAPTER 3 One-on-One Interview with Oldrich Alfons Vasicek (by Nina Mehta) 13

CHAPTER 4 Credit Superquant (by Robert Hunter) 21

PART TWO Term Structure of Interest Rates 27

CHAPTER 5 Introduction to Part II 29

CHAPTER 6 An Equilibrium Characterization of the Term Structure 33

CHAPTER 7 The Liquidity Premium 45

CHAPTER 8 Term Structure Modeling Using Exponential Splines (with Gifford Fong) 49

CHAPTER 9 The Heath, Jarrow, Morton Model 63

PART THREE General Equilibrium 65

CHAPTER 10 Introduction to Part III 67

CHAPTER 11 The Economics of Interest Rates 71

CHAPTER 12 General Equilibrium with Heterogeneous Participants and Discrete Consumption Times 89

CHAPTER 13 Independence of Production and Technology Risks 107

CHAPTER 14 Risk-Neutral Economy and Zero Price of Risk 111

PART FOUR Credit 125

CHAPTER 15 Introduction to Part IV 127

CHAPTER 16 Credit Valuation 131

CHAPTER 17 Probability of Loss on Loan Portfolio 143

CHAPTER 18 Limiting Loan Loss Probability Distribution 147

CHAPTER 19 Loan Portfolio Value 149

CHAPTER 20 The Empirical Test of the Distribution of Loan Portfolio Losses 161

PART FIVE Markets, Portfolios, and Securities 163

CHAPTER 21 Introduction to Part V 165

CHAPTER 22 The Efficient Market Model (with John A. McQuown) 169

CHAPTER 23 A Risk Minimizing Strategy for Portfolio Immunization (with Gifford Fong) 195

CHAPTER 24 The Tradeoff between Return and Risk in Immunized Portfolios (with Gifford Fong) 203

CHAPTER 25 Bond Performance: Analyzing Sources of Return (with Gifford Fong and Charles J. Pearson) 213

CHAPTER 26 The Best-Return Strategy 223

CHAPTER 27 Volatility: Omission Impossible (with Gifford Fong and Daihyun Yoo) 237

CHAPTER 28 A Multidimensional Framework for Risk Analysis (with Gifford Fong) 247

CHAPTER 29 Plugging into Electricity (with Hélyette Geman) 261

CHAPTER 30 Pricing of Energy Derivatives 277

PART SIX Probability Theory and Statistics 281

CHAPTER 31 Introduction to Part VI 283

CHAPTER 32 A Note on Using Cross-sectional Information in Bayesian Estimation of Security Betas 287

CHAPTER 33 A Series Expansion for the Bivariate Normal Integral 297

CHAPTER 34 A Conditional Law of Large Numbers 305

CHAPTER 35 A Test for Normality Based on Sample Entropy 315

CHAPTER 36 Monotone Measures of Ergodicity for Markov Chains (with Julian Keilson) 325

CHAPTER 37 An Inequality for the Variance of Waiting Time under a General Queueing Discipline 333

About the Author 339

Index 341

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 24.11.2015
• Vorwort: Robert C. Merton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Angewandte Mathematik
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Finanzierung
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre
• Schlagworte: Finance & Investments • Finance & Investments Special Topics • Finanz- u. Anlagewesen • Finanzwesen • Spezialthemen Finanz- u. Anlagewesen
• ISBN-10: 1-119-18621-8 / 1119186218
• ISBN-13: 978-1-119-18621-2 / 9781119186212