Theory of Financial Risk and Derivative Pricing: From Statistical Physics to Risk Management (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521819169)

Summarizing market data developments, some inspired by statistical physics, this book explains how to better predict the actual behavior of financial markets with respect to asset allocation, derivative pricing and hedging, and risk control. Risk control and derivative pricing are major concerns to financial institutions. The need for adequate statistical tools to measure and anticipate amplitude of potential moves of financial markets is clearly expressed, in particular for derivative markets. Classical theories, however, are based on assumptions leading to systematic (sometimes dramatic) underestimation of risks.

Author: Jean-Philippe Bouchaud, Marc Potters
ISBN-10: 0521819164
ISBN-13: 9780521819169
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 12/11/2003
Pages: 379
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.10lbs
Size: 9.88h x 6.80w x 1.00d