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Risk management in commodity markets

from shipping to agriculturals and energy

Ed. Hélyette Geman. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Commodities represent today the fastest growing markets worldwide. Historically misunderstood, generally under-studied and under-valued, certainly under-represented in the literature, commodities are suddenly receiving the attention they deserve. Bringing together some of the best authors in the field, this book focuses on the ...

Frontiers in quantitative finance

volatility and credit risk modeling

Ed. Rama Cont. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Some of the best minds in quantitative finance share their insights on important financial modeling issues. Quantitative research in finance has spurred innovation in derivatives markets during the last decade - especially when it comes to volatility modeling and credit risk. "Frontiers in ...

Enough

true measures of money, business, and life

"Enough!" is a piece of work that simply has not been seen by the likes of Jack Bogle before. Sure, the world knows of his legendary financial mind. He is the Father of Index Investing. He is the founder of Vanguard. He is St. Jack ...

Market timing for dummies

Want to improve your market timing so you can send your investment returns soaring? "Market Timing For Dummies" takes the guesswork out of developing a trading strategy and provides all of the tools you need to forecast, prepare for, and take advantage of market trends ...

A demon of our own design

markets, hedge funds, and the perils of financial innovation

This title deals with topics such as: inside markets, innovation, and risk. Why do markets keep crashing and why are financial crises greater than ever before? As the risk manager to some of the leading firms on Wall Street - from Morgan Stanley to Salomon and ...

Selling the intangible company

how to negotiate and capture the value of a growth firm

In "Selling the Intangible Company", Thomas Metz helps entrepreneurs and venture capitalists to better understand the process of selling a company whose value is strategic. He addresses all the key issues surrounding the sale of a company in which the value is in its technology ...

Modern regression methods

Regression is a popular research area, and regression analysis is an ever-changing collection of techniques. This book offers a synthesis of state-of-the-art regression methodology. Featuring a strong data analysis orientation, it presents regression diagnostics in a uniquely comprehensive manner. Each chapter contains a brief section ...

Splendours and miseries of the brain

love, creativity and the quest for human happiness

Splendors and Miseries of the Brain examines the elegant and efficient machinery of the brain, showing that by studying music, art, literature, and love, we can reach important conclusions about how the brain functions. discusses creativity and the search for perfection in the brain examines ...

Central banks as economic institutions

Ed. Jean-Philippe Touffut. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------The number of central banks in the world is approaching 180, a tenfold increase since the beginning of the twentieth century. What lies behind the spread of this economic institution? What underlying process has brought central banks to hold such a key ...

Markets for carbon and power pricing in Europe

theoretical issues and empirical analyses

Ed. Francesco Gullì. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Why do power prices seem to be correlated with the carbon price in some markets and not in others? This crucial question is at the centre of Francesco GullA's enlightening book, through which the contributing authors explore a number of related ...

Promoting sustainable electricity in Europe

challenging the path dependence of dominant energy systems

Eds. William M. Lafferty, Audun Ruud. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ This is a timely and comparative assessment of initiatives to promote renewable electricity sources (RES) in eight European countries. Carried out by the ProSus research programme at the University of Oslo in cooperation with leading research institutions in each ...

The economics of Keynes

a new guide to the general theory

In his 'New Guide' to The General Theory, Mark G. Hayes presents Keynes' illustrious work as a sophisticated Marshallian theory of the competitive equilibrium of the economy as a whole. This unique book takes full account of the nature of time and money and illustrates ...

Trade liberalisation and the poverty of Nations

Orthodox trade and growth theory, and the world's multilateral development institutions, extol the virtues of trade liberalisation and free trade for more rapid economic development of poor countries. However, the contemporary reality and history seem to tell a different story. The world economy has ...

How markets work

supply, demand and the "real world"

"How Markets Work" presents a new and refreshing introduction to elementary economics. The venerable theory of supply and demand is reconstituted upon plausible and defensible assumptions concerning human nature, the law, and the facts of everyday life - in short - the 'Real World'. The message is ...

CO2 rising

the World's greatest environmental challenge

The most colossal environmental disturbance in human history is under way. Ever-rising levels of the potent greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2) are altering the cycles of matter and life and interfering with the Earth's natural cooling process. Melting Arctic ice and mountain glaciers are ...

The shadows of consumption

consequences for the global environment

"The Shadows of Consumption" gives a hard-hitting diagnosis: many of the earth's ecosystems and billions of its people are at risk from the consequences of rising consumption. Products ranging from cars to hamburgers offer conveniences and pleasures; but, as Peter Dauvergne makes clear, global ...

Solar Revolution

the economic transformation of the global energy industry

In "Solar Revolution", fund manager and former corporate buyout specialist Travis Bradford argues - on the basis of standard business and economic forecasting models - that over the next two decades solar energy will increasingly become the best and cheapest choice for most electricity and energy applications ...

An engine, not a camera

how financial models shape markets

In "An Engine, Not a Camera", Donald MacKenzie argues that the emergence of modern economic theories of finance affected financial markets in fundamental ways. These new, Nobel Prize-winning theories, based on elegant mathematical models of markets, were not simply external analyses but intrinsic parts of ...

Money, interest, and policy

dynamic general equilibrium in a non-ricardian world

An important recent advancement in macroeconomics is the development of dynamic stochastic general equilibrium (DSGE) macromodels. The use of DSGE models to study monetary policy, however, has led to paradoxical and puzzling results on a number of central monetary issues including price determinancy and liquidity ...

Political theory and global climate change

Ed. Steve Vanderheiden; Foreword by John Barry. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Climate change will shape the political, economic, and cultural landscape as surely as it shapes the natural landscape. It challenges our existing political institutions, ethical theories, and ways of conceptualizing the human relationship to the environment, it defies ...