Introduction to Stochastic Calculus Applied to Finance (Chapman and Hall/CRC Financial Mathematics Series) - Hardcover

Lapeyre, Bernard; Lamberton, Damien

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1584886269 ISBN 13: 9781584886266

Publisher: Chapman and Hall/CRC, 2007

Synopsis

Since the publication of the first edition of this book, the area of mathematical finance has grown rapidly, with financial analysts using more sophisticated mathematical concepts, such as stochastic integration, to describe the behavior of markets and to derive computing methods. Maintaining the lucid style of its popular predecessor, Introduction to Stochastic Calculus Applied to Finance, Second Edition incorporates some of these new techniques and concepts to provide an accessible, up-to-date initiation to the field.

New to the Second Edition

Complements on discrete models, including Rogers' approach to the fundamental theorem of asset pricing and super-replication in incomplete markets

Discussions on local volatility, Dupire's formula, the change of numéraire techniques, forward measures, and the forward Libor model

A new chapter on credit risk modeling

An extension of the chapter on simulation with numerical experiments that illustrate variance reduction techniques and hedging strategies

Additional exercises and problems

Providing all of the necessary stochastic calculus theory, the authors cover many key finance topics, including martingales, arbitrage, option pricing, American and European options, the Black-Scholes model, optimal hedging, and the computer simulation of financial models. They succeed in producing a solid introduction to stochastic approaches used in the financial world.

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Review

The second edition of this book provides a concise and accessible introduction to the probabilistic techniques needed to understand the most widely used financial models. This edition incorporates many new techniques and concepts to be used to describe the behavior of financial markets. ... the solutions obtained using SciLab for computer experiments are available at http://cermics.enpc.fr/~bl/scilab/ These experiments were well designed by the authors based on their teaching and research experience and were found to be effective in communicating these concepts and ideas and enhancing the understanding of readers. ... a solid introduction to stochastic approaches used in the financial world. The authors cover many key finance topics ... . The book can be used as a reference text by researchers and graduate students in financial mathematics. It also is ideal reading material for practicing financial analysts and consultants using mathematical models for finance.
―Technometrics, May 2009, Vol. 51, No. 2

Synopsis

"Introduction to Stochastic Calculus Applied to Finance, Second Edition" is a new edition of a very popular text in mathematical finance that has been widely embraced internationally. The book has been fully updated, with many sections greatly enhanced, and new material incorporated on stochastic volatility models, options pricing, and credit risk modeling. The book maintains its concise style, which makes it an ideal introductory text for students of mathematical finance, or a quick introduction to researchers and finance practitioners. It covers all the stochastic calculus theory required, as well as many key finance topics, including a new chapter dedicated to credit risk modeling.

Edition details

• Publisher: Chapman and Hall/CRC
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1584886269
• ISBN 13: 9781584886266
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 254