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This book puts numerical methods into action for the purpose of solving concrete problems arising in quantitative finance. Part one develops a comprehensive toolkit including Monte Carlo simulation, numerical schemes for partial differential equations, stochastic optimization in discrete time, copula functions, transform-based methods and quadrature techniques. The content originates from class notes written for courses on numerical methods for finance and exotic derivative pricing held by the authors at Bocconi University since the year 2000. Part two proposes eighteen self-contained cases covering model simulation, derivative valuation, dynamic hedging, portfolio selection, risk management, statistical estimation and model calibration. It encompasses a wide variety of problems arising in markets for equity, interest rates, credit risk, energy and exotic derivatives. Each case introduces a problem, develops a detailed solution and illustrates empirical results. Proposed algorithms are implemented using either Matlab® or Visual Basic for Applications® in collaboration with contributors.

Finance --- Mathematical models. --- Mathematical analysis --- Private finance --- Public finance. --- Finance. --- Computer science --- Differential equations, partial. --- Numerical analysis. --- Public Economics. --- Quantitative Finance. --- Computational Mathematics and Numerical Analysis. --- Partial Differential Equations. --- Numerical Analysis. --- Mathematics. --- Partial differential equations --- Computer mathematics --- Discrete mathematics --- Electronic data processing --- Funding --- Funds --- Economics --- Currency question --- Cameralistics --- Public finance --- Mathematics --- Public finances --- Economics, Mathematical . --- Computer mathematics. --- Partial differential equations. --- Mathematical economics --- Econometrics --- Methodology --- Finance, Public. --- Social sciences --- Differential equations. --- Mathematics in Business, Economics and Finance. --- Differential Equations. --- Data processing. --- 517.91 Differential equations --- Differential equations

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This volume collects essays in honor of Charles Beat Blankart on the oc- th sion of his 65 birthday. Blankart's research is mainly in the area of public finance and public choice. He is also known for his interest in real world problems and intellectual curiosity. These features seem to be well c- veyed by the contributions. Born in Switzerland, Blankart completed his Ph. D. in Basel before moving to Germany. The typically Swiss perspective on individual freedom, h- ever, has remained with him. Blankart has taught at the Free University of Berlin, the University of the Federal Armed Forces in Munich, Technical University and Humboldt University in Berlin. Throughout his prof- sional positions, Blankart has contributed to various fields, including p- lic finance, public choice, federalism and industrial organization and re- lation. He has left significant marks in these fields, emphasizing throughout how incentives shape the behaviour of individuals, be it in markets or in government. For example, his best selling textbook - fentliche Finanzen in der Demokratie, is unique in bringing a unified p- spective to the study of public finance, treating politicians as ordinary self interested individuals and doing largely away with the benevolent welfare maximizing social planner.

Social choice. --- Finance, Public. --- Public goods. --- Choix collectif --- Finances publiques --- Biens collectifs --- Social choice --- Finance, Public --- Public goods --- Blankart, Charles Beat --- Economics. --- Finance. --- AA / International- internationaal --- 336.00 --- 336.001 --- Goods, Public --- Welfare economics --- Cameralistics --- Public finance --- Currency question --- Choice, Social --- Collective choice --- Public choice --- Choice (Psychology) --- Social psychology --- Organisatie van de overheidsfinanciën. Overheidsuitgaven en -inkomsten: algemeenheden. --- Free rider problem (Economics) --- Economic theory. --- Public finance. --- Public Economics. --- Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods. --- Organisatie van de overheidsfinanciën. Overheidsuitgaven en -inkomsten: algemeenheden --- Economic theory --- Political economy --- Social sciences --- Economic man --- Public finances

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When two or more systems of property ownership or rights come together, issues and even conflicts are bound to surface. In many parts of the world, particularly in developing countries, this is becoming a larger problem, while in other parts of the world the conflicting viewpoints have long co-existed, but reparation of past conflicts has more recently become a pressing matter. Sponsored by the American Real Estate Society (ARES), Indigenous Peoples and Real Estate Valuation addresses a wide variety of timely issues relating to property ownership, rights, and use, including: ancestral burial, historical record of occupancy, treaty implementation problems, eminent domain, the effects of large governmental change, financing projects under formal and informal title or deed document systems, exclusive ownership vs. non-exclusive use rights, public land ownership, tribal or family land claims, insurgency and war, legal systems of ownership, prior government expropriation of lands, moral obligation to indigenous peoples, colonial occupation, and common land leases. These issues can also be broadly grouped into topics, such as conflict between indigenous and western property rights, communal land ownership, land transfer by force, legacy issues related to past colonization and apartheid, and metaphysical/indigenous land value. Covering contemporary practices around the world, this volume features research from an international array of authors, exploring the economic, demographic, political, legal, and cultural dimensions of property ownership—and the conflicts that emerge when systems clash. Including in-depth case studies and policy recommendations, this volume will be a valuable resource for government leaders and economic policymakers, urban planners and property developers, advocates of indigenous people’s rights, lenders, and other industry professionals. "Indigenous Peoples and Real Estate Valuation is a great beginning for a more methodological way of understanding and being able to deal with people’s right to land. The study is important in that it clarifies that the majority of the people of the world do not adhere to the western method of land rights, thus raising the question: Who is right? Is it the indigenous people of the world or the "deeded" people of the western world? If one steps back a bit from all this and realizes that this world was created for your use and we actually leave this world with nothing, even if we owned large parcels of land, then we might realize that we need to learn from the different indigenous peoples of the world how to use this land and leave it for future generations." Aly Karam School of Architecture and Planning University of the Witwatersrand.

Economics/Management Science. --- Development Economics. --- Economic Growth. --- Public Finance & Economics. --- Economics. --- Endogenous growth (Economics). --- Finance. --- Economie politique --- Croissance endogène (Economie politique) --- Finances --- Indigenous peoples -- Legal status, laws, etc. --- Real property -- Valuation. --- Real property. --- Law, General & Comparative --- Real Estate, Housing & Land Use --- Economic Theory --- Business & Economics --- Law, Politics & Government --- Real property --- Indigenous peoples --- Valuation. --- Legal status, laws, etc. --- Land valuation --- Real estate appraisal --- Valuation of land --- Cadastral surveys --- Catastral surveys --- Freehold --- Limitations (Law) --- Property, Real --- Real estate --- Real estate law --- Realty --- Law and legislation --- Business. --- Management science. --- Public finance. --- Development economics. --- Economic growth. --- Business and Management. --- Business and Management, general. --- Public Economics. --- Property --- Rent --- Cameralistics --- Public finance --- Currency question --- Development, Economic --- Economic growth --- Growth, Economic --- Economic policy --- Economics --- Statics and dynamics (Social sciences) --- Development economics --- Resource curse --- Economic development --- Trade --- Management --- Commerce --- Industrial management --- Public finances --- Quantitative business analysis --- Problem solving --- Operations research --- Statistical decision

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Much has been written about the economic and political problems of countries that are in the process of changing from centrally planned systems to market systems. Most studies have focused on the economic, legal, political and sociological problems these economies have had to face during the transition period. However, not much has been written about the dramatic changes that have to be made to the accounting and financial system of a transition economy. This book was written to help fill that gap. Taxation and Public Finance in Transition and Developing Economies is the third in a series to examine accounting and financial system reform in transition economies. The first book used Russia as a case study. The second volume in the series examined some additional aspects of the reform in Russia and also looked at the accounting and financial system reform efforts that are being made in Ukraine, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Armenia, Eastern Europe and Central Asia. The present volume examines taxation and public finance in transition and developing economies. It is divided into three parts. Part 1 consists of four general studies on various aspects of tax compliance, corruption, budget efficiency and fiscal policy. Part 2 includes nine comparative studies of various aspects of public finance. Part 3 consists of 23 country and regional studies of countries in Europe, Asia, Latin America and Africa.

Economics/Management Science. --- Public Finance & Economics. --- Economic Systems. --- Business/Management Science, general. --- Finance /Banking. --- Economics. --- Finance. --- Banks and banking. --- Economie politique --- Finances --- Banques --- Developing countries -- Economic policy. --- Finance, Public -- Developing countries. --- Finance, Public -- Former communist countries. --- Fiscal policy -- Developing countries. --- Fiscal policy -- Former communist countries. --- Tax administration and procedure -- Developing countries. --- Tax administration and procedure -- Former communist countries. --- Tax evasion -- Developing countries -- Public opinion. --- Tax evasion -- Former communist countries -- Public opinion. --- Taxation -- Developing countries. --- Taxation -- Former communist countries. --- Public Finance --- Political Science --- Law, Politics & Government --- LDC / Developping Countries - Pays En Développement --- EEU / Central & Eastern Europe --- CIS / Commonwealth Of Independant States - Gos - Cei --- 336.00 --- 336.200 --- Organisatie van de overheidsfinanciën. Overheidsuitgaven en -inkomsten: algemeenheden --- Belastingstelsel: algemene naslagwerken en principes. --- Finance, Public --- Fiscal policy --- Tax administration and procedure --- Developing countries --- Economic policy. --- Tax practice --- Tax procedure --- Cameralistics --- Public finance --- Business. --- Management science. --- Public finance. --- Public Economics. --- Business and Management, general. --- Finance, general. --- Taxation --- Currency question --- Political Economy/Economic Systems. --- Funding --- Funds --- Economics --- Trade --- Management --- Commerce --- Industrial management --- Economic theory --- Political economy --- Social sciences --- Economic man --- Public finances --- Belastingstelsel: algemene naslagwerken en principes --- Acqui 2006

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This book has been several years in the making. It has grown out of basic areas of inquiry begun under the auspices of the Alliance for Global Sustainability in the late 1990s, and has culminated with a series of on-site, collaborative studies conducted through AGS in cooperation with of?cials in Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China (PRC), during the early 2000s. Many individuals have made important contributions to the ideas, ?ndings, and results that have been compiled in this volume. The authors wish to recognize these signi?cant contributions below. The Alliance for Global Sustainability is an international partnership among four of the leading scienti?c and technological universities worldwide: • The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT-AGS); • The University of Tokyo (UT); • The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH); and • The Chalmers University of Technology. Created in 1997, the AGS today brings together hundreds of university scientists, engineers, and social scientists to address complex issues that lie at the intersection of environmental, economic, and social policy goals. Since its inception, the AGS has promoted and supported multidisciplinary research teams drawn from its partner institutions. Working on critical issues in sustainability across several ?elds encompassing energy and climate, mobility, urban systems, water and agriculture, cleaner technologies, public policy, and communications, these teams have developed a signi?cant body of new knowledge. Furthermore, A- sponsored teamshave worked withengaged,farsighted leaders of global businesses and industries, governments, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to provide innovative but practical solutions to urgent environmental problems worldwide.

Environment. --- Environmental Management. --- Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution. --- Climate Change. --- Economic Growth. --- Public Finance & Economics. --- Environmental sciences. --- Climatic changes. --- Environmental management. --- Environmental protection. --- Endogenous growth (Economics). --- Finance. --- Sciences de l'environnement --- Climat --- Environnement --- Croissance endogène (Economie politique) --- Finances --- Changements --- Gestion --- Protection --- Metropolitan areas. --- Sustainable development. --- Urban transportation -- Environmental aspects. --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Environmental Sciences --- Urban transportation --- Environmental aspects. --- City transportation --- Metropolitan transportation --- Municipal transportation --- Transportation, Urban --- Development, Sustainable --- Ecologically sustainable development --- Economic development, Sustainable --- Economic sustainability --- ESD (Ecologically sustainable development) --- Smart growth --- Sustainable development --- Sustainable economic development --- Conurbations --- MAs (Metropolitan areas) --- Metropolitan statistical areas --- Urban areas --- Environmental aspects --- Climate change. --- Air pollution. --- Public finance. --- Economic growth. --- Public Economics. --- City planning --- Transportation --- Urban policy --- Economic development --- Development, Economic --- Economic growth --- Growth, Economic --- Economic policy --- Economics --- Statics and dynamics (Social sciences) --- Development economics --- Resource curse --- Changes, Climatic --- Changes in climate --- Climate change --- Climate change science --- Climate changes --- Climate variations --- Climatic change --- Climatic changes --- Climatic fluctuations --- Climatic variations --- Global climate changes --- Global climatic changes --- Climatology --- Climate change mitigation --- Teleconnections (Climatology) --- Cameralistics --- Public finance --- Currency question --- Environmental quality management --- Protection of environment --- Environmental sciences --- Applied ecology --- Environmental engineering --- Environmental policy --- Environmental quality --- Environmental stewardship --- Stewardship, Environmental --- Management --- Public finances --- Air --- Air contaminants --- Air pollutants --- Air pollution --- Air pollution control --- Air toxics --- Airborne pollutants --- Atmosphere --- Contaminants, Air --- Control of air pollution --- Pollutants, Air --- Toxics, Air --- Pollution --- Air quality --- Atmospheric deposition --- Control --- Global environmental change