Handbook of Quantitative Finance and Risk Management 3 Volume Set (Hardcover)

Overview of Quantitative Finance and Risk Management Research.- Theoretical Framework of Finance.- Investment, Dividend, Financing, and Production Policies: Theory and Implications.- Research Methods in Quantitative Finance and Risk Management.- Portfolio Theory and Investment Analysis.- Foundation of Portfolio Theory.- Risk-Aversion, Capital Asset Allocation, and Markowitz Portfolio-Selection Model.- Capital Asset Pricing Model and Beta Forecasting.- Index Models for Portfolio Selection.- Performance-Measure Approaches for Selecting Optimum Portfolios.- The Creation and Control of Speculative Bubbles in a Laboratory Setting.- Portfolio Optimization Models and Mean-Variance Spanning Tests.- Combining Fundamental Measures for Stock Selection.- On Estimation Risk and Power Utility Portfolio Selection.- International Portfolio Management: Theory and Method.- The Le Chatelier Principle in the Markowitz Quadratic Programming Investment Model: A Case of World Equity Fund Market.- Risk-Averse Portfolio Optimization via Stochastic Dominance Constraints.- Portfolio Analysis.- Portfolio Theory, CAPM and Performance Measures.- Intertemporal Equilibrium Models, Portfolio Theory and the Capital Asset Pricing Model.- Persistence, Predictability, and Portfolio Planning.- Portfolio Insurance Strategies: Review of Theory and Empirical Studies.- Security Market Microstructure: The Analysis of a Non-Frictionless Market.- Options and Option Pricing Theory.- Options Strategies and Their Applications.- Option Pricing Theory and Firm Valuation.- Applications of the Binomial Distribution to Evaluate Call Options.- Multinomial Option Pricing Model.- Two Alternative Binomial Option Pricing Model Approaches to Derive Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model.- Normal, Lognormal Distribution and Option Pricing Model.- Bivariate Option Pricing Models.- Displaced Log Normal and Lognormal American Option Pricing: A Comparison.- Ito's Calculus and the Derivation of the Black-Scholes Option-Pricing Model.- Constant Elasticity of Variance Option Pricing Model: Integration and Detailed Derivation.- Stochastic Volatility Option Pricing Models.- Derivations and Applications of Greek Letters: Review and Integration.- A Further Analysis of the Convergence Rates and Patterns of the Binomial Models.- Estimating Implied Probabilities from Option Prices and the Underlying.- Are Tails Fat Enough to Explain Smile.- Option Pricing and Hedging Performance Under Stochastic Volatility and Stochastic Interest Rates.- Application of the Characteristic Function in Financial Research.- Asian Options.- Numerical Valuation of Asian Options with Higher Moments in the Underlying Distribution.- The Valuation of Uncertain Income Streams and the Pricing of Options.- Binomial OPM, Black-Scholes OPM and Their Relationship: Decision Tree and Microsoft Excel Approach.- Risk Management.- Combinatorial Methods for Constructing Credit Risk Ratings.- The Structural Approach to Modeling Credit Risk.- An Empirical Investigation of the Rationales for Integrated Risk-Management Behavior.- Copula, Correlated Defaults, and Credit VaR.- Unspanned Stochastic Volatilities and Interest Rate Derivatives Pricing.- Catastrophic Losses and Alternative Risk Transfer Instruments.- A Real Option Approach to the Comprehensive Analysis of Bank Consolidation Values.- Dynamic Econometric Loss Model: A Default Study of US Subprime Markets.- The Effect of Default Risk on Equity Liquidity: Evidence Based on the Panel Threshold Model.- Put Option Approach to Determine Bank Risk Premium.- Keiretsu Style Main Bank Relationships, R&D Investment, Leverage, and Firm Value: Quantile Regression Approach.- On the Feasibility of Laddering.- Stock Returns, Extreme Values, and Conditional Skewed Distribution.- Capital Structure in Asia and CEO Entrenchment.- A Generalized Model for Optimum Futures Hedge Ratio.- The Sensitivity of Corporate Bond Volatility to Macroeconomic Announcements.- Raw Material Convenience Yields and Business