During recent years, an increasing number of corporations have decided to raise external capital via markets for hybrid securities. Hybrid securities share characteristics of common stock and straight debt and appear in different forms, such as convertible debt, mandatory convertibles or...

In this book, the authors reject the theorem-proof approach as much as possible, and emphasize the practical application of econometrics. They show with examples how to calculate and interpret the numerical results. This book begins with students estimating simple univariate models, in a step by...

Klappentext: Sponsoring zählt zu den etablierten Instrumenten der Markenkommunikation. Angesichts der Kostenexplosion in vielen Bereichen ist die Kontrolle der Sponsoringeffektivität eine dringliche Aufgabe. Bisherige Forschungsarbeiten sind allerdings häufig undifferenziert und...

Dieses fundierte Lehrbuch führt umfassend und praxisrelevant in die statistische Methodenlehre für wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Studiengänge ein. Verfahren der Deskriptiven Statistik, der Explorativen Datenanalyse, der Stochastik, der Induktiven Statistik sowie der Multivariaten Statistik...

In den letzten Jahren sind die Messung und die Steuerung von Kreditrisiken aufgrund der verschlechterten makroökonomischen Rahmenbedingungen und der daraus resultierenden Zunahme der Insolvenzen ins Zentrum des Interesses gerückt. Verstärkt wird diese Entwicklung durch die vom Baseler...

This book proposes new methods of detecting causality among several dynamic variables and of estimating divisions of nominal income changes into changes in output and prices. Amano builds on established traditions of macro-dynamics and the theories of Keynes and Freidman, while providing...

The current world financial scene indicates at an intertwined and interdependent relationship between financial market activity and economic health. This book explains how the economic messages delivered by the dynamic evolution of financial asset returns are strongly related to option prices....

Testing for a unit root is now an essential part of time series analysis. This volume provides a critical overview and assessment of tests for a unit root in time series, developing the concepts necessary to understand the key theoretical and practical models in unit root testing