Search for dissertations about: "mean-variance optimization"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 swedish dissertations containing the words mean-variance optimization.
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1. Mean-Variance Portfolio Optimization : Eigendecomposition-Based Methods
Abstract : Modern portfolio theory is about determining how to distribute capital among available securities such that, for a given level of risk, the expected return is maximized, or for a given level of return, the associated risk is minimized. In the pioneering work of Markowitz in 1952, variance was used as a measure of risk, which gave rise to the wellknown mean-variance portfolio optimization model. READ MORE
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2. Aspects of Waiting and Contracting in Game Theory
Abstract : The topic of this thesis concerns two selected problem in game theory; the Nplayer War of Attrition and the Principal-Agent problem. The War of Attrition is a well established game theoretic model that was first introduced in the 2-player case by John Maynard Smith. READ MORE
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3. Applications of Bayesian Econometrics to Financial Economics
Abstract : This PhD thesis consists of four separate papers. What these papers have in common is that Bayesian Econometrics, in combination with Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) methods, is applied to study various problems in financial economics. READ MORE
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4. Essays on Financial Models
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
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5. Assessment of the uncertainty in small and large dimensional portfolio allocation
Abstract : Portfolio theory is a large subject with many branches. In this thesis we concern ourselves with one of these, the precense of uncertainty in the portfolio allocation problem and in turn, what it leads to. There are many forms of uncertainty, we consider two of these. READ MORE