The Statistical Mechanics of Financial Markets

The Statistical Mechanics of Financial Markets
ISBN-10
3662044234
ISBN-13
9783662044230
Category
Science
Pages
220
Language
English
Published
2013-06-29
Publisher
Springer Science & Business Media
Author
Johannes Voit

Description

A careful examination of the interaction between physics and finance. It takes a look at the 100-year-long history of co-operation between the two fields and goes on to provide new research results on capital markets - taken from the field of statistical physics. The random walk model, well known in physics, is one good example of where the two disciplines meet. In the world of finance it is the basic model upon which the Black-Scholes theory of option pricing and hedging has been built. The underlying assumptions are discussed using empirical financial data and analogies to physical models such as fluid flows, turbulence, or superdiffusion. On this basis, new theories of derivative pricing and risk control can be formulated.

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