"Asymmetric Dependence (hereafter, AD) is usually thought of as a cross-sectional phenomenon. Andrew Patton describes AD as "stock returns appear to be more highly correlated during market downturns than during market upturns." (Patton, 2004) Thus at a point in time when the market return is...

This dissertation comprises three chapters in international macroeconomics with particular focus on the determinants of international capital flows. In particular, the work focuses on country heterogeneity in productivity, its dynamic path and demography as determinants of international capital...

CreditRisk+ is an important and widely implemented default- mode model of portfolio credit risk, based on a methodology from acturial mathematics. This book gives an account of the status quo as well as new and recent developments of the credit risk model CreditRisk+, which is widespread in...