Interest rates and coupon bonds in quantum finance
By: Belal E. Baaquie
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Cambridge, UK; New York
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 490
ISBN-13: 9780511652028
Subjects: Interest rates; Zero coupon securities; Finance
Description: "The economic crisis of 2008 has shown that the capital markets need new theoretical and mathematical concepts to describe and price financial instruments. Focusing almost exclusively on interest rates and coupon bonds, this book does not employ stochastic calculus - the bedrock of the present day mathematical finance - for any of the derivations. Instead, it analyzes interest rates and coupon bonds using quantum finance. The Heath-Jarrow-Morton and the Libor Market Model are generalized by realizing the forward and Libor interest rates as an imperfectly correlated quantum field. Theoretical models have been calibrated and tested using bond and interest rates market data. Building on the principles formulated in the author's previous book (Quantum Finance, Cambridge University Press, 2004) this ground-breaking book brings together a diverse collection of theoretical and mathematical interest rate models. It will interest physicists and mathematicians researching in finance, and professionals working in the finance industry"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 481-485) and index.
Table of contents: title: Interest rates and coupon bonds; title: Options and option theory; title: Interest rate and coupon bond options; title: Quantum field theory of bond forward interest rates; title: Libor market model of interest rates; title: Empirical analysis of forward interest rates; title: Libor market model of interest rate options; title: Numeraires for bond forward interest rates; title: Empirical analysis of interest rate caps; title: Coupon bond European and Asian options; title: Empirical analysis of interest rate swaptions; title: Correlation of coupon bond options; title: Hedging interest rate options; title: Interest rate Hamiltonian and option theory; title: American options for coupon bonds and interest rates; title: Hamiltonian derivation of coupon bond options; title: Mathematical background; title: US debt markets.