Computational Economics and Finance: Modeling and Analysis with Mathematica®

by Hal R. Varian (Editor)

Overview

As with the first volume, Volume Two of Economic and Financial Modeling with Mathematica is edited by Hal Varian, and its contributors are carefully selected by him to assure a high quality, practical work reflecting the efforts and expertise of an international cadre of Mathematica users from the economic, financial, investments, quantitative business and operations research communities.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780387945187
Publisher:	Springer New York
Publication date:	08/09/1996
Series:	Economic and Financial Modeling with Mathematics Series , #2
Edition description:	1996
Pages:	468
Product dimensions:	7.01(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.09(d)

Table of Contents

Economics.- 1 Linear Programming with Mathematica: The Simplex Algorithm.- 2 Linear Programming with Mathematica: Sensitivity Analysis.- 3 Optimization with Mathematica.- 4 Optimizing with Piecewise Smooth Functions.- 5 Data Screening and Data Envelopment Analysis.- 6 Efficiency in Production and Consumption.- 7 Cost Allocation.- 8 Simulating the Effects of Mergers Among Noncooperative Oligopolists.- Finance.- 9 Auctions.- 10 Yield Management.- 11 Implementing Numerical Option Pricing Models.- 12 YieldCurve.- Statistics.- 13 Log Spectral Analysis: Variance Components of Asset Prices.- 14 Data Analysis Using Mathematica.- 15 Doing Monte Carlo Studies with Mathematica.- 16 Random[Title]: Manipulating Probability Density Functions.