A fire sale of US debt could cause a global recession through disorderly devaluation of the dollar, raising interest rates and crashing stock markets. The G7 doctrine of shared responsibility intends to coordinate regional efforts. This book analyzes the main issues and individual regions,...

This book sheds light on the impact of the Great Recession from the perspective of both developing and developed countries. It traces the complex and multiple causes of the Great Recession, delineates the diversity in the macroeconomic and labour market consequences, and highlights the...

The reason for the depth the 2008's global depression lies in the intractability of modern economic systems. This has led to an emergence of unprecedented migratory patterns, the analysis and management of which is key to economic recovery.

This book provides an insight into some of the main issues that arise in post-conflict economic and social reconstruction, and offers examples of what works, and what does not. It will be of interest to all working on economic and social reconstruction in post-conflict countries, as well as...

Semiparametrische Volatilitätsmodelle -- Hochfrequente und Ultra-Hochfrequente Finanzdaten -- Berechnung des Value-at-Risk auf Grundlage parametrischer und semiparametrischer Modelle -- Analyse von Handelswartezeiten -- Glättung der Volatilität von hochfrequenten Finanzdaten in einem...

Die empirische Kapitalmarktforschung beobachtet in den Volatilitäten von Aktienkursrenditen immer wieder eine lang anhaltende Abhängigkeitsstruktur, ein so genanntes langes Gedächtnis. Dieses hat weit reichende Konsequenzen. Beispielsweise verkompliziert ein tatsächlich vorliegendes langes...

The field of financial econometrics has exploded over the last decade. This book represents an integration of theory, methods, and examples using the S-PLUS statistical modeling language and the S+FinMetrics module to facilitate the practice of financial econometrics. This is the first book to...

Applied Quantitative Finance presents solutions, theoretical developments and method proliferation for many practical problems in quantitative finance. The combination of practice and theory supported by computational tools is reflected in the selection of topics as well as in a finely tuned...

This book investigates the existence of stochastic and deterministic convergence of real output per worker and the sources of output (physical capital per worker, human capital per worker, total factor productivity -TFP- and average annual hours worked) in 21 OECD countries over the period...