The uneven geographical distribution of economic activities is a huge challenge worldwide and also for the European Union. In Krugman’s New Economic Geography economic systems have a simple spatial structure. This book shows that more sophisticated models should visualise the EU as an evolving...

Part I The Fundamentals of Derivative Security Pricing -- 1 The Stock Option Problem -- 2 Stochastic Processes for Asset Price Modelling -- 3 An Initial Attempt at Pricing an Option -- 4 The Stochastic Differential Equation -- 5 Manipulating Stochastic Differential Equations and Stochastic...

In recent years non-linearities have gained increasing importance in economic and econometric research, particularly after the financial crisis and the economic downturn after 2007. This book contains theoretical, computational and empirical papers that incorporate non-linearities in econometric...

This book deals with the application of wavelet and spectral methods for the analysis of nonlinear and dynamic processes in economics and finance. It reflects some of the latest developments in the area of wavelet methods applied to economics and finance. The topics include business cycle...