Marc Chesney

Dieses Buch widmet sich nicht nur den sogenannten Finanzderivaten, sondern auch den mit diesen einhergehenden Systemrisiken, die sich im Rahmen der Finanzkrise sehr deutlich manifestiert haben. Nach einer kurzen Einführung in Kapitel 1 werden in Kapitel 2 die Funktionen und Dysfunktionen der Finanzmärkte erläutert, sodass der Leser oder die Leserin ein generelles Verständnis bezüglich der Aufgaben der Finanzmärkte in der Organisation unserer Ökonomie erhält. In Kapitel 3 werden dann als Grundlage für derivative Produkte Zinssätze und Anleihen behandelt. Obwohl letztere keine derivativen Finanzinstrumente darstellen, werden sie häufig als Basisinstrumente eingesetzt und sollen deshalb gleich zu Beginn betrachtet werden. Danach werden Schritt für Schritt die unterschiedlichen derivativen Finanzprodukte eingeführt. Kapitel 4 widmet sich dem Thema Futures und Forwards, Kapitel 5 den Swaps, Kapitel 6 den Grundlagen der Optionen und Realoptionen sowie den Modellen der Optionsbepreisung. Neben der formellen Herleitung werden auch immer intuitive Vergleiche gezogen, sodass der Leser aus unterschiedlichen Perspektiven ein Verständnis für derivative Finanzprodukte erlangen kann. Zudem werden Abbildungen und anschauliche Beispiele das Verständnis fördern. In Kapitel 7 werden abschließend in einem breiteren Kontext gewisse Modelle und Konzepte, wie Wachstum, diskutiert und gegebenenfalls ihre Verbindung mit Derivaten beleuchtet. In den Kapiteln zu den einzelnen derivativen Instrumenten werden jeweils zu Beginn die Grundlagen und Definitionen geklärt. Im Anschluss daran werden die Funktionsweisen, wie der Einsatz beim Hedging, und die Bewertungsmöglichkeiten der jeweiligen Derivate aufgezeigt. Da jedoch für Studierende einer akademischen Asset Pricing-Vorlesung, die irgendwann in einem Finanzbetrieb oder einem Unternehmen einer anderen Branche, bei einer Aufsichtsbehörde oder in einer NGO arbeiten werden, aber auch für alle anderen Interessierten - u.a. z. B. Journalisten und Politiker - nicht nur die technischen Aspekte relevant sind, enthält jedes dieser Kapitel zum Schluss konkrete Beispiele, anhand derer dem Leser auch die kritischen Aspekte des Einsatzes derivativer Finanzinstrumente dargelegt werden sollen. Die Kapitel schließen stets mit einigen Übungsaufgaben.

This short book describes the role big banks played in the financial crisis of 2008 while denouncing the financial oligarchy’s seizing of power and the dangers it represents for democracy today. There have been many books since the financial crisis that have considered historical events leading up to the crisis but few that consider a solution. Ten years after the great financial crash, this book synthesises the historical developments and introduces a proposal aimed at rebalancing the economy and society at large. The author presents a novel solution that would change current tax systems in the developed world, in their entirety. This book will be of interest to students, practitioners and researchers, as well as the wider informed audience.

This textbook provides an introduction to environmental finance and investments. The current situation raises fundamental questions that this book aims to address. Under which conditions could carbon pricing schemes contribute to a significant decrease in emissions? What are the new investment strategies that the Kyoto Protocol and the emerging carbon pricing schemes around the world should promote? In the context of carbon regulation through emission trading schemes, what is the trade-off between production, technological changes, and pollution? What is the nature of the relation between economic growth and the environment? This book intends to provide students and practitioners with the knowledge and the theoretical tools necessary to answer these and other related questions in the context of the so-called environmental finance theory. This is a new research strand that investigates the economic, financial, and managerial impacts of carbon pricing policies.

This textbook provides an introduction to environmental finance and investments. The current situation raises fundamental questions that this book aims to address. Under which conditions could carbon pricing schemes contribute to a significant decrease in emissions? What are the new investment strategies that the Kyoto Protocol and the emerging carbon pricing schemes around the world should promote? In the context of carbon regulation through emission trading schemes, what is the trade-off between production, technological changes, and pollution? What is the nature of the relation between economic growth and the environment? This book intends to provide students and practitioners with the knowledge and the theoretical tools necessary to answer these and other related questions in the context of the so-called environmental finance theory. This is a new research strand that investigates the economic, financial, and managerial impacts of carbon pricing policies.

The current economic and environmental situation poses fundamental questions that this book aims to answer: Under which conditions could a market-based approach contribute to a decrease in emissions? How are abatement and investment strategies generated or promoted under permit regimes like the European Union Emission Trading Scheme (EU ETS)? In the context of the EU ETS, what is the trade-off between production, technological changes and pollution? This book is intended to provide students and practitioners the knowledge and theoretical tools they need in order to answer these and other more general questions in the context of so-called environmental finance theory, a new field of research that investigates the economic, financial and managerial impacts of market-based environmental policies.

Mathematical finance has grown into a huge area of research which requires a large number of sophisticated mathematical tools. This book simultaneously introduces the financial methodology and the relevant mathematical tools in a style that is mathematically rigorous and yet accessible to practitioners and mathematicians alike. It interlaces financial concepts such as arbitrage opportunities, admissible strategies, contingent claims, option pricing and default risk with the mathematical theory of Brownian motion, diffusion processes, and Lévy processes. The first half of the book is devoted to continuous path processes whereas the second half deals with discontinuous processes. The extensive bibliography comprises a wealth of important references and the author index enables readers quickly to locate where the reference is cited within the book, making this volume an invaluable tool both for students and for those at the forefront of research and practice.

Mathematical finance has grown into a huge area of research which requires a large number of sophisticated mathematical tools. This book simultaneously introduces the financial methodology and the relevant mathematical tools in a style that is mathematically rigorous and yet accessible to practitioners and mathematicians alike. It interlaces financial concepts such as arbitrage opportunities, admissible strategies, contingent claims, option pricing and default risk with the mathematical theory of Brownian motion, diffusion processes, and Lévy processes. The first half of the book is devoted to continuous path processes whereas the second half deals with discontinuous processes. The extensive bibliography comprises a wealth of important references and the author index enables readers quickly to locate where the reference is cited within the book, making this volume an invaluable tool both for students and for those at the forefront of research and practice.