The fact that human economic behaviour has a significant irrational element - one that is simultaneously hard-to-explain and highly predictable - has fascinated economists for decades from Fechner, 1860 to Shiller, 2005 and beyond. In this dissertation, I investigate the field from various...

Modern Portfolio Theory (MPT) provides an elegant mathematical framework for the efficient portfolio allocation problem. Despite its exceptional popularity, MPT poses a number of well-documented problems in practical applications. Especially the fact that it generates notoriously extreme and...

Cette thèse est composée de trois articles qui étudient les fonds alternatifs selon trois vue différentes: au niveau des fonds eux-mêmes, au niveau de la construction de portefeuilles et finalement au niveau du marché. 1. Au niveau des fonds alternatifs: Le premier article se concentre sur...