1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910962707303321

Autore

Albanese Claudio

Titolo

Advanced derivatives pricing and risk management : theory, tools and hands-on programming application / / Claudio Albanese and Giuseppe Campolieti

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Boston, : Elsevier Academic Press, c2006

ISBN

9786611053154

9781281053152

1281053155

9780080488097

0080488099

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (435 p.)

Collana

Academic Press advanced finance series

Altri autori (Persone)

CampolietiGiuseppe

Disciplina

332.64/57

Soggetti

Risk management

Derivative securities - Prices

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 399-405) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Pricing theory -- Fixed-income instruments -- Advanced topics in pricing theory : exotic options and state-dependent models -- Numerical methods for value-at-risk -- Project : arbitrage theory -- Project : the Black-Scholes (lognormal) model -- Project : quantile-quantile plots -- Project : Monte Carlo pricer -- Project : the binomial lattice model -- Project : the trinomial lattice model -- Project : Crank-Nicolson option pricer -- Project : static hedging of barrier options -- Project : variance swaps -- Project : Monte Carlo value-at-risk for Delta-Gamma portfolios -- Project : covariance estimation and scenario generation in value-at-risk -- Project : interest rate trees : calibration and pricing.

Sommario/riassunto

Written by leading academics and practitioners in the field of financial mathematics, the purpose of this book is to provide a unique combination of some of the most important and relevant theoretical and practical tools from which any advanced undergraduate and graduate student, professional quant and researcher will benefit. This book stands out from all other existing books in quantitative finance



from the sheer impressive range of ready-to-use software and accessible theoretical tools that are provided as a complete package. By proceeding from simple to complex, the authors cover core topi

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910146879503321

Autore

Thomas P. D. G (Peter David Garner), <1930->

Titolo

George III : king and politicians, 1760-1770 / / Peter D.G. Thomas

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester ; ; New York, : Manchester University Press

New York, : Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave, 2002

Manchester : , : Manchester University Press, , [2018]

©2002

ISBN

9786610719570

9781847795656

184779565X

9781526137395

1526137399

9781781700310

1781700311

9781280719578

1280719575

9781847790569

1847790569

9781417590575

1417590572

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (ix, 262 pages) : digital file(s)

Disciplina

941.07/3/092

Soggetti

HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General

Great Britain History George III, 1760-1820

Great Britain Kings and rulers Biography

Great Britain Kings and rulers

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.



First published: 2002.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [242]-254) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 The parameters of politics -- 2 The political scenario in 1760 -- 3 Pitt and Newcastle (1760-1762): war and peace -- 4 The Bute ministry (1762-1763): peace and cider -- 5 The Grenville ministry (1763-1765): Wilkes and America -- 6 The first Rockingham ministry (1765-1766): the Stamp Act Crisis -- 7 The Chatham ministry I. The year of Charles Townshend (1766-1767): India and America -- 8 The Chatham ministry II. Grafton as caretaker (1767-1768): political re-alignments -- 9 The Grafton ministry (1768-1770): the Middlesex Election and the Townshend Duties Crisis -- 10 George III, Lord North and the defeat of 'faction' (1770) -- 11 Conclusion: factions or parties? -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

George III was a high-profile character in British history around whom rages a perennial dispute over his aims: did he seek to restore royal power or merely exercise his constitutional rights? This chronological survey covers the first ten years of his reign of power politics and policy-making.