Search for dissertations about: "derivatives market"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 32 swedish dissertations containing the words derivatives market.

2. 1. Essays on expectations and financial markets

   Author : Staffan Lindén; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Survey; Inflation; Expectations; Perceptions; Rational; Inattentive; Event study; Option introduction; Stock market; Asset pricing; Price effect; Risk effect; Derivatives;

   Abstract : This thesis is a collection of three empirical papers that tests hypotheses within the context of two related and intersecting theoretical frameworks: rational expectations and efficient markets. The aim is to empirically explore to what extent households form their inflation expectations in a rational manner, and to explain why households’ perceptions may deviate from the measured official rate. READ MORE

4. 2. Pricing Portfolio Credit Derivatives

   Author : Alexander Herbertsson; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Portfolio credit risk; intensity-based models; dynamic dependence modelling; default contagion; CDS; synthetic CDO tranches; index CDS; k-th-to-default swaps; CDS-correlation; default-correlation; Markov jump processes; multivariate phase-type distributions; matrix-analytic methods;

   Abstract : This thesis consists of four papers on dynamic dependence modelling in portfolio credit risk. The emphasis is on valuation of portfolio credit derivatives. The underlying model in all papers is the same, but is split in two different sub-models, one for inhomogeneous portfolios, and one for homogeneous ones. READ MORE

5. 3. Essays on Derivatives and Liquidity

   Author : Caihong Xu; Lars Nordén; Björn Hagströmer; Hans Byström; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Index options; volatility smile; liquidity; index futures; expiration-day effects; limit order book; trading patience; order flows; gold futures; hedging; företagsekonomi; Business Administration;

   Abstract : This dissertation contains four essays in which derivatives markets are studied in relation to three related topics in financial economics: asset pricing, market microstructure and risk management.Essay I studies the role of relative option liquidity in explaining the volatility smile. READ MORE

6. 4. Essays on Financial Market Volatility

   Author : Ai Jun HOU; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Nonparametric GARCH model; News Impact Curve; Interest rate volatility; MCMC; Markov Switching; Chinese stock markets; EMU stock markets;

   Abstract : This thesis examines the volatility in the equity and short-term interest-rate markets, and the spillover from the short term interest rate market to the equity market. It consists of three papers and focuses on adapting and proposing models for the estimation and forecasting of financial market volatility. READ MORE

7. 5. Market Models with Stochastic Volatility

   Author : Jean-Paul Murara; Sergei Silvestrov; Guglielmo D’Amico; Mälardalens högskola; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Mathematics Applied Mathematics; matematik tillämpad matematik;

   Abstract : Financial Markets is an interesting wide range area of research in Financial Engineering. In this thesis, which consists of an introduction, six papers and appendices, we deal with market models with stochastic volatility in order to understand some financial derivatives, mainly European options. READ MORE