This book proposes new methods to value equity and model the Markowitz efficient frontier using Markov switching models and provide new evidence and solutions to capture the persistence observed in stock returns across developed and emerging markets

1. Introduction -- 2. Closed Queueing Networks -- 3. Literature Review -- 4. Decomposition Approach -- 5. Markov-chain Approach -- 6. Distribution of the Time between Processing Starts -- 7. Conclusion

This thesis presents a new strategy that unites qualitative and quantitative mass data in form of text news and tick-by-tick asset prices to forecast the risk of upcoming volatility shocks. Holger Kömm embeds the proposed strategy in a monitoring system, using first, a sequence of competing...

Inhaltsverzeichnis -- Einführung -- Erzeugung von Zufallsvariablen -- Ereignisorientierte Simulation -- Output Analyse: Statistische Auswertung der Simulationsergebnisse -- Statische Simulationsmodelle -- Input Analyse: Festlegung der Eingabegrößen -- Varianzreduzierende Verfahren --...

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...