Search for dissertations about: "finance model"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 121 swedish dissertations containing the words finance model.

2. 1. Essays on Mergers and Acquisitions and Event Studies

   Author : Mohammad Irani; Lars Nordén; Rickard Sandberg; Neslihan Ozkan; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; mergers and acquisitions; event study; prediction; payment method; conditional CAPM; time-varying parameters; structural change methodology; variance; covariance; företagsekonomi; Business Administration;

   Abstract : This dissertation consists of three studies on the anticipation of mergers and acquisitions (M&As) and its impact on takeover event studies. Article I investigates whether the market can anticipate both takeovers and their payment forms prior to their announcement dates. READ MORE

4. 2. The Black-Litterman Model : Towards its use in practice

   Author : Charlotta Mankert; Birger Ljung; Harald Lang; Stefan Sjögren; KTH; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Black-Litterman model; portfolio theory; portfolio management; practical portfolio management; asset allocation; sampling theory; behavioural finance; behavioral finance; overconfidence; action science; action research; Business studies; Företagsekonomi;

   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

5. 3. The Black-Litterman Model : mathematical and behavioral finance approaches towards its use in practice

   Author : Charlotta Mankert; Birger Ljung; Ted Lindblom; KTH; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Black-Litterman Model; Portfolio Management; Portfolio Theory; Portfolio Models; Behavioral Finance; Business and economics; Ekonomi;

   Abstract : The financial portfolio model often referred to as the Black-Litterman model is analyzed using two approaches; a mathematical and a behavioral finance approach. After a detailed description of its framework, the Black-Litterman model is derived mathematically using a sampling theoretical approach. READ MORE

6. 4. Calibration and Hedging in Finance

   Author : Love Lindholm; Anders Szepessy; Erik Lindström; KTH; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; finance; local volatility; calibration; optimal control; hedging; quadratic hedging; equity; index; Tillämpad matematik och beräkningsmatematik; Applied and Computational Mathematics;

   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

7. 5. Credit and Finance in the Macroeconomy

   Author : Giovanni Favara; Torsten Persson; Simon Gilchrist; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; credit; finance; macroeconomy; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : Agency Costs, Net Worth and Endogenous Business Fluctuations. This essay proposes a theory of endogenous business fluctuations. A central tenet of the theory is that investment decisions depend upon entrepreneurs' incentive to exert effort and investors' incentive to control entrepreneurs. READ MORE