Authors:Jean-Pierre Danthine, John B. Donaldso,
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Keywords: theory, financial, intermediate
Number of Pages: 324
Published: 2001-06-01
List price: $125.00
ISBN-10: 0130174467
ISBN-13: 9780130174468

Intended primarily for M.Sc. students in Finance, advanced MBA’s and third or fourth year economics undergraduates taking a course in Finance. This text is for those who find Ph.D. financial theory texts excessively abstract and introductory texts insufficiently general.Most topics in a first year Ph.D. course in financial economics are considered via examples and intuitive arguments rather than using the full generality of propositions and proofs. This text uses general equilibrium theory as a basis for understanding and unifying more difficult literature.

Authors:Jean-Pierre Danthine, John B. Donaldson,
Publisher: Academic Press
Keywords: press, advanced, finance, academic, second, financial, theory, intermediate
Number of Pages: 392
Published: 2005-08-02
List price: $89.95
ISBN-10: 0123693802
ISBN-13: 9780123693808

The second edition of this authoritative textbook continues the tradition of providing clear and concise descriptions of the new and classic concepts in financial theory. The authors keep the theory accessible by requiring very little mathematical background. First edition published by Prentice-Hall in 2001- ISBN 0130174467.The second edition includes new structure emphasizing the distinction between the equilibrium and the arbitrage perspectives on valuation and pricing, as well as a new chapter on asset management for the long term investor."This book does admirably what it sets out to do -

Authors:Jean-Pierre Danthine, Francesco Giavazzi, Xavier Viv
Publisher: Centre for Economic Policy Research
Keywords: european, monitoring, deregulation, integration, banking, future
Number of Pages: 118
Published: 1999-11
List price: $37.50
ISBN-10: 1898128383
ISBN-13: 9781898128380

The European banking industry is in a state of turmoil. The pace of mergers and acquisitions has accelerated across different banking sectors and within the same sector. At the same time, the demise of banks already in trouble has accelerated. This report analyzes what lies behind the historic segmentation of EU financial markets because a clear view about these issues is needed to predict the changes that EMU will bring about. The authors examine the policy implications of these changes and propose measures to address the problems that may be encountered.

Authors:Pierre-Henri Gouyon, Jean-Pierre Henry, Jacques Arno
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: theory, evolution, darwinian, neo, avatars, gene
Number of Pages: 278
Published: 2002-05-31
List price: $205.00
ISBN-10: 0306466163
ISBN-13: 9780306466168

`Why life?’ Questions of this type were for a long time the prerogative of philosophers who left the `how’ question to scientists. Nowadays, Darwin’s successors no longer have any qualms about addressing the `why’ as well as the `how’. Over a century ago, Darwin modestly admitted having ’thrown some light on the origin of species - this mystery of mysteries’. Two major advances in the following decades helped biologists answer many of the questions he left unsolved. The first was the discovery of the laws of heredity, the second that of DNA. Both provi

Authors:Jean Moreau, Pierre-André Doudin, Pierre Caze,
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: analyse, des, donnã©es, statistique, applications, french, pour, mathã©matiques, approches, correspondances, les, techniques, connexes, nouvelles
Number of Pages: 266
Published: 1999-11-17
List price: $89.95
ISBN-10: 3540663460
ISBN-13: 9783540663461

Cet ouvrage présente différents points de vue sur une même méthode, l’analyse des correspondances. Il montre comment cette méthode s’est développée pour traiter des données de plus en plus variées et complexes et comment elle s’est enrichie au contact d’autres courants de pensée. De plus, il présente un panorama des applications possibles. Cet ouvrage qui rassemble des contributions de différents auteurs présente un exposé à la fois progressif sur le plan didactique et suffisamment vaste pour rassembler en un seul volume des développements théoriques rÃ

Authors:Jean-Pierre Antoine, Romain Murenzi, Pierre Vandergh
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Keywords: relatives, wavelets, dimensional
Number of Pages: 476
Published: 2004-11-01
List price: $188.99
ISBN-10: 0521624061
ISBN-13: 9780521624060

This book introduces 2-D wavelets via 1-D continuous wavelet transforms. The authors then describe the underlying mathematics before progressing to more advanced topics such as matrix geometry of wavelet analysis and three-dimensional wavelets. Practical applications and illustrative examples are employed extensively throughout, ensuring the book’s value to engineers, physicists and mathematicians. Two-dimensional wavelets offer a number of advantages over discrete wavelet transforms, in particular, for analysis of real-time signals in such areas as medical imaging, fluid dynamics, shape

Author: Jean-Pierre Serre, Catriona Maclean Pierre Colmez
Publisher: American Mathematical Society
Keywords: correspondence, serre, grothendieck
Number of Pages: 600
Published: 2003-12-16
List price: $72.00
ISBN-10: 082183424X
ISBN-13: 9780821834244

This extraordinary volume contains a large part of the mathematical correspondence between A. Grothendieck and J-P. Serre. It forms a vivid introduction to the development of algebraic geometry during the years 1955-1965. During this period, algebraic geometry went through a remarkable transformation, and Grothendieck and Serre were among central figures in this process. In the book, the reader can follow the creation of some of the most important notions of modern mathematics. The letters also reflect the mathematical and political atmosphere of this period. They are supplemented by J-P. S