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    This collection of original articles—8 years in the making—shines a bright light on recent advances in financial econometrics. From a survey of mathematical and statistical tools for understanding nonlinear Markov processes to an exploration of the time-series evolution of the risk-return tradeoff for stock market investment, noted scholars Yacine Aït-Sahalia and Lars Peter Hansen benchmark the ... Read more

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  • Handbook of Financial Econometrics

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    Series Book 2 - Handbooks in Finance
    Applied financial econometrics subjects are featured in this second volume, with papers that survey important research even as they make unique empirical contributions to the literature. These subjects are familiar: portfolio choice, trading volume, the risk-return tradeoff, option pricing, bond yields, and the management, supervision, and measurement of extreme and infrequent risks. Yet their ... Read more

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  • Uncertainty Within Economic Models

    Series Book 6 - World Scientific Series In Economic Theory
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  • Recursive Models of Dynamic Linear Economies

    Series series The Gorman Lectures in Economics
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