Part I: Econometrics of Financial Markets -- Information Asymmetry, Liquidity and the Dynamic Volume-Return Relation in Panel Data Analysis -- Density forecasts of emerging markets’ exchange rates using Monte Carlo simulation with regime switching -- Determination of the own funds requirements...

This book focuses on extending the models and theories (from a mathematical/statistical point of view) which were introduced in the first volume to a more technical level. Where volume I provided an introduction to the mathematics of bubbles and contagion, volume II digs far more deeply and...

Analysten wurde immer wieder vorgeworfen, Aktienkursprognosen systematisch verzerrt zu haben, um den Aktienhandel und das Investmentbankinggeschäft ihres Arbeit gebenden Kreditinstituts zu stimulieren und das Management der analysierten Unternehmen durch gefärbte Berichterstattung zufrieden zu...

The relation between structural reform and macroeconomic policy underlies the widespread perception that the large European economies have under-performed in the past decade in comparison both with their own standards and with the contemporaneous performance of the United States. This book,...

Dieses Buch beschäftigt sich mit Biokraftstoffen und Biokraftstoffprojekten. Die Autoren zeigen auf, welche rechtlichen, agrarischen, ökologischen und ökonomischen Rahmenbedingungen von Biokraftstoffen beachtet werden müssen. Die Betrachtung dieser Rahmenbedingungen und weiterer – eher...

This book addresses key issues related to the choice between governments regulating and enforcing society’s sustainability and social responsibility objectives, and firms reporting on their sustainable and socially responsible activities so stakeholders can exert pressure on firms to achieve...

This book is an analysis of the specificities of public film funding on an international scale. It shows how public funding schemes add value to film-making and other audio-visual productions and provides a comprehensive analysis of today’s global challenges in the film industry such as...

This book is a valuable companion for everyone who is interested in the historical context of the co-evolution of financial markets and information technologies in the last 30 years. The contributors analyze system architectures and solution technologies in banking and finance by focusing on the...