Risk measures based on the Gaussian distribution are prone to understate the probability of extreme events. To capture fat tails and extreme events, we combine the Pareto law with finite variance bounds of Chebyshev. This density encompasses the tail behaviour of a wide range of random variables...

Seit Frühjahr 2010 wurden die Nominalzinsen im Euroraum durch eine massive Politik des billigen Geldes auf historische Tiefstände gedrückt. Gerhard Rösl, Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Regensburg und Karl-Heinz Tödter, Bundesbankdirektor a.D., beschäftigen sich mit den Kosten dieser...

This paper reviews theory and evidence of the welfare effects of inflation from a costbenefit perspective. Basic models and selected empirical results are discussed. Historically, in assessing the welfare effects of inflation, the distortion of money demand played a prominent role. More...

Contrary to intuition, first digits of randomly selected data are not uniformly distributed but follow a logarithmically declining pattern, known as Benford's law. This law is increasingly used as a 'doping check' for detecting fraudulent data in business and administration. Benford's law also...