Author: Antulio N. Bomfim
Publisher: Academic Press
Keywords: press, advanced, finance, academic, instruments, credit, derivatives, related, understanding
Number of Pages: 368
Published: 2004-12-20
List price: $78.95
ISBN-10: 0121082652
ISBN-13: 9780121082659

Understanding Credit Derivatives offers a comprehensive introduction to the credit derivatives market. Rather than presenting a highly technical exploration of the subject, it offers intuitive and rigorous summaries of the major subjects and the principal perspectives associated with them. The centerpiece is pricing and valuation issues, especially discussions of different valuation tools and their use in credit models. * Offers a broad overview of this growing field * Discusses all the main types of credit derivatives * Provides back-of-the-book summary o

Author: Antulio J. Echevarria II
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: war, contemporary, clausewitz
Number of Pages: 264
Published: 2007-11-17
List price: $99.00
ISBN-10: 0199231915
ISBN-13: 9780199231911

While many scholars agree that Clausewitz’s On War is frequently misunderstood, almost none have explored his methodology to see whether it might enhance our understanding of his concepts. This book lays out Clausewitz’s methodology in a brisk and straightforward style. It then uses that as a basis for understanding his contributions to the ever growing body of knowledge of war. The specific contributions this study addresses are Clausewitz’s theories concerning the nature of war, the relationship between war and politics, and several of the major principles of strategy he ex