An overview of modern and historical interest rate model theory is given with thespecific aim of derivative pricing. A variety of stochastic interest rate models arediscussed within a South African market context. The various models arecompared with respect to characteristics such as mean...

Market impact is the effect caused by transactions that can move asset prices. Nash equilibria describe an optimal state for the players in a non-cooperative game. In this thesis, we combine these two concepts to analyze the competing behavior of two or more large traders in a financial market....

This dissertation is concerned with the forecasting performance of time series models for the price movements of high-frequency transaction data on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. The availability of high quality data of this kind at an affordable cost makes it possible to investigate the...

Diese Dissertation ist in drei Kapitel sowie eine Einleitung unterteilt. Die Einleitung führt in das Themengebiet ein, fasst die Kapitel zusammen und zeigt deren Zusammenhänge auf. Jedes Kapitel beschäftigt sich mit der zeitlichen Struktur von Finanzzeitreihen und daraus resultierenden...