STOCHASTIC PROCESSES AND APPLICATIONS TO MATHEMATICAL FINANCE Proceedings of the 5th Ritsumeikan International Symposium Ritsumeikan University, Japan, 3 – 6 March 2005 edited by Jiro Akahori (Ritsumeikan University, Japan) , Shigeyoshi Ogawa (Ritsumeikan University, Japan) , & Shinzo Watanabe (Ritsumeikan University, Japan) Based around recent lectures given at the prestigious Ritsumeikan conference, the tutorial and expository articles contained in this volume are an essential guide for practitioners and graduates alike who use stochastic calculus in finance. Among the eminent contributors are Paul Malliavin and Shinzo Watanabe, pioneers of Malliavin Calculus. The coverage also includes a valuable review of current research on credit risks in a mathematically sophisticated way contrasting with existing economics-oriented articles.

Contents:

Harmonic Analysis Methods for Nonparametric Estimation of Volatility: Theory and Applications (E Barucci et al.) Hedging of Credit Derivatives in Models with Totally Unexpected Default (T R Bielecki et al.) A Large Trader-Insider Model (A Kohatsu-Higa & A Sulem) [GLP & MEMM] Pricing Models and Related Problems (Y Miyahara) Topics Related to Gamma Processes (M Yamazato) On Stochastic Differential Equations Driven by Symmetric Stable Processes of Index α (H Hashimoto et al.) Martingale Representation Theorem and Chaos Expansion (S Watanabe)

Readership: Graduate students, researchers and practitioners in the field of stochastic processes and mathematical finance.

228pp    Pub. date: Mar 2006