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Stochastic Finance Hans Foellmer

Stochastic Finance By Hans Foellmer

Stochastic Finance by Hans Foellmer


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An introduction to the mathematics of finance, based on stochastic models in discrete time. It studies simple one-period models, and develops the idea of dynamic hedging of contingent claims in a multiperiod framework.

Stochastic Finance Summary

Stochastic Finance: An Introduction in Discrete Time by Hans Foellmer

This book is an introduction to financial mathematics. It is intended for graduate students in mathematics and for researchers working in academia and industry. The focus on stochastic models in discrete time has two immediate benefits. First, the probabilistic machinery is simpler, and one can discuss right away some of the key problems in the theory of pricing and hedging of financial derivatives. Second, the paradigm of a complete financial market, where all derivatives admit a perfect hedge, becomes the exception rather than the rule. Thus, the need to confront the intrinsic risks arising from market incomleteness appears at a very early stage. The first part of the book contains a study of a simple one-period model, which also serves as a building block for later developments. Topics include the characterization of arbitrage-free markets, preferences on asset profiles, an introduction to equilibrium analysis, and monetary measures of financial risk. In the second part, the idea of dynamic hedging of contingent claims is developed in a multiperiod framework. Topics include martingale measures, pricing formulas for derivatives, American options, superhedging, and hedging strategies with minimal shortfall risk. This fourth, newly revised edition contains more than one hundred exercises. It also includes material on risk measures and the related issue of model uncertainty, in particular a chapter on dynamic risk measures and sections on robust utility maximization and on efficient hedging with convex risk measures. Contents: Part I: Mathematical finance in one period Arbitrage theory Preferences Optimality and equilibrium Monetary measures of risk Part II: Dynamic hedging Dynamic arbitrage theory American contingent claims Superhedging Efficient hedging Hedging under constraints Minimizing the hedging error Dynamic risk measures

About Hans Foellmer

Hans Foellmer, Humboldt-Universitat zu Berlin, Germany; Alexander Schied, University of Mannheim, Germany.

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NLS9783110463446
9783110463446
311046344X
Stochastic Finance: An Introduction in Discrete Time by Hans Foellmer
New
Paperback
De Gruyter
2016-07-25
608
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