Search for dissertations about: "KTH finance"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 41 swedish dissertations containing the words KTH finance.
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1. Housing finance methods in urban Tanzania : The case of households in Kinondoni Municipality, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Abstract : Effective housing finance methods require the interrelationships between the housing finance system components such as banking and capital markets, land registry, the housing sector, and macroeconomic and socioeconomic aspects. Nonetheless, despite the exclusion of the majority of the households by formal long-term housing finance methods, Tanzania has experienced substantial improvement in housing development in the last two decades. READ MORE
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2. Calibration and Hedging in Finance
Abstract : This thesis treats aspects of two fundamental problems in applied financial mathematics: calibration of a given stochastic process to observed marketprices on financial instruments (which is the topic of the first paper) and strategies for hedging options in financial markets that are possibly incomplete (which is the topic of the second paper).Calibration in finance means choosing the parameters in a stochastic process so as to make the prices on financial instruments generated by the process replicate observed market prices. READ MORE
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3. The Black-Litterman Model : Towards its use in practice
Abstract : The Black-Litterman model is analyzed in three steps seeking to investigate, develop and test the B-L model in an applied perspective. The first step mathematically derives the Black-Litterman model from a sampling theory approach generating a new interpretation of the model and an interpretable formula for the parameter weight-on-views. READ MORE
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4. Does Finance Matter for Corporate Innovation?
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5. Housing Finance in Kampala, Uganda : To Borrow or Not to Borrow
Abstract : Housing is an important part of development processes and typically requires long-term finance. Without long-term financial instruments, it is difficult for households to smooth income over time by investing in housing. READ MORE