Search for dissertations about: "BDS test"

Found 4 swedish dissertations containing the words BDS test.

  2. 1. Three Essays on Electricity Spot and Financial Derivative Prices at the Nordic Power Exchange

    Author : Daniel Deng; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Nord Pool; market efficiency; cointegration; rational expectation competitive storage model; BDS test; Hsiehâ??s third order moment test; nonlinear causality; EGARCH; convenience yield; call option;

    Abstract : Essay I examines the market efficiency issues at the Nord Pool power exchange in the September 1995 - July 2002 period. A unique characteristic of this electricity exchange is the high hydropower proportion in the traded electricity; water in the hydro reservoir acting as hydropower inventory therefore plays an important role in the pricing of electricity. READ MORE

  4. 2. Reappraisal of market efficiency tests arising from nonlinear dependence, fractals, and dynamical systems theory

    Author : Gun-Ho Cha; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : The efficient market hypothesis (EMH) has long been perceived as the cornerstone of modern finance theory. However, the EMH has also recently been dismissed as "the most remarkable error in the history of economic theory" (Wall Street Journal, Oct. 23. 1987). READ MORE

  5. 3. Essays on Financial Models

    Author : Henrik Amilon; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; options; neural networks; hedging; portfolio optimization; econometrics; Economics; ekonomisk teori; ekonomiska system; ekonomisk politik; ekonometri; generalized residuals; discreteness; GARCH; compass rose; nonlinearities; Chaos; economic theory; economic systems; Nationalekonomi; economic policy;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of five essays exploring the validity of some extensively used financial models with a focus on the Swedish equity and derivative markets. The essays are of both an empirical and a theoretical nature. READ MORE

  6. 4. Essays on Financial Markets

    Author : Hans Byström; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Electricity Futures; Option Pricing; Compass Rose; Covariance Matrix; Chaos; Stochastic Volatility; Financial Markets; GARCH; Financial science; Finansiering;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of five empirical essays dealing with different issues related to financial markets. Chapter 2 studies a new multivariate technique, Orthogonal GARCH, of forecasting large covariance matrices based on GARCH models. READ MORE