A Benchmark Approach to Quantitative Finance

The benchmark approach provides a general framework for financial market modeling, which extends beyond the standard risk neutral pricing theory. It permits a unified treatment of portfolio optimization, derivative pricing, integrated risk management and insurance risk modeling. The existence of an...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Platen, Eckhard, Heath, David (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2006, 2006
Edition:1st ed. 2006
Series:Springer Finance
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Preliminaries from Probability Theory
  • Statistical Methods
  • Modeling via Stochastic Processes
  • Diffusion Processes
  • Martingales and Stochastic Integrals
  • The Itô Formula
  • Stochastic Differential Equations
  • to Option Pricing
  • Various Approaches to Asset Pricing
  • Continuous Financial Markets
  • Portfolio Optimization
  • Modeling Stochastic Volatility
  • Minimal Market Model
  • Markets with Event Risk
  • Numerical Methods
  • Solutions for Exercises