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der Wiener Universiaeten gemeinsam mit dem Institut f=FCr Hoehere
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"Entitling the Pollutee: The Polluter Pays Principle and Injunctions
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"Strategic Timing of Adoption of New Technologies under Uncertainty"
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"Losing Sleep at the Market: The Daylight-Savings Anomaly"
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European Union".
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einen Vortrag ueber Ihre gemeinsame Arbeit mit
Engelbert J. Dockner und Helmut Elsinger,
''The Strategic Role of Dividends and Debt in Markets with
Imperfect Competition''
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Zechner am Betriebswirtschaftszentrum auf.
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Journal of Computational Intelligence in Finance
Final Call for Papers
Special Issue on
"Complexity and Dimensionality Reduction in Finance"
The Journal of Computational Intelligence in Finance, a peer-reviewed
technical journal, published by Finance & Technology Publishing, is
seeking papers for review and publication in 1998 on "Complexity and
Dimensionality Reduction in Finance".
The Journal of Computational Intelligence in Finance publishes applied
research and practical applications of high quality that are based on
sound theoretical, empirical or quantitative analysis. It provides the
international forum for the convergence of the new multi-disciplined
field of computational intelligence in finance.
Papers published in the Journal are eligible for entry in an Annual
Essay Award Contest. The Editorial Advisory Board of the Journal
selects the best paper for which a cash award is presented each year.
EDITORIAL BOARD
Randall B. Caldwell, Editor-in-Chief
Emilio Barucci, University of Florence - Italy
Richard J. Bauer, Jr., St. Mary's University, Texas - USA
Neil Burgess, London Business School - UK
Oscar Castillo, UABC University - USA
Jerry Connor, London Business School - UK
Eric de Bodt, Universite Catholique de Louvain - France
James F. Derry, Mgmt. Engineering Productivity Systems - USA
Athanasios Episcopos, National Bank of Greece
Andrew Flitman, Monash University - Australia
Susan Garavaglia, Dun and Bradstreet - USA
Ramo Gencay, University of Windsor - Canada
Sabyasachi Ghoshray, Florida International University - USA
Lee Giles, NEC Research Institute - USA
Christian Haefke, University of California at San Diego - USA
Ypke Hiemstra, Vrije Universiteit - The Netherlands
Yuval Lirov, Lehman Brothers - USA
Ralph Neuneier, Siemens AG Corporate Research Center - Germany
Zoran Obradovic, Washington State University - USA
Marimuthu Palaniswami, University of Melbourne - Australia
Carlos E. Pedreira, Catholic University, Rio - Brazil
David B. Skalak, IBM, New York - USA
Stephen Slade, Stern Business School, New York University - USA
Leon Sterling, University of Melbourne - Australia
Manoel F. Tenorio, Purdue University - USA
Halbert White, University of California at San Diego - USA
Lei Xu, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
SPECIAL TOPIC
Complexity and Dimensionality Reduction in Finance
PUBLICATION DATE
May 1998
PAPER SUBMISSION DEADLINE
December 15, 1997
SCOPE
In the broad sense, all intelligent perception and data
understanding seeks to reduce redundancy in data and, thus,
its complexity and dimensionality. This special issue of JCIF
focuses on a narrower scope: the theories, methods and
algorithms for mapping financial data from its original
representation into another form with reduced complexity and/or
dimensionality that appear beneficial to financial applications.
Of particular interest are techniques which can serve as
preprocessors to data-driven models and data mining technologies,
including those which address or utilize one or more of the
following: complexity and dimensionality characterization,
identification and analysis; data compression; feature extraction
techniques; regularity discovery; inductive reasoning; randomness
tests; algorithmic entropy; informational distance; minimal
description length; adaptive and nonlinear PCA and other alternatives
to standard forms of linear PCA; finite sequence statistics; variable
combining methods; data filtering; categorical versus continuously-
valued inputs; high-dimensional visualization analysis; and input
space reduction techniques.
MOTIVATION
In finance, we inevitably encounter an unavoidable dilemma: an
interest in collecting and utilizing as much data as possible in its
original form so that potentially useful information is not lost,
although this often results in data with high complexity and/or
dimensionality that increases costs and reduces performance. Despite
this, the notion that more input data is better persists.
The need for managing complexity and dimensionality arises from eroding
profit margins, diminishing arbitrage opportunities, lowered barriers to
entry, increasingly segmented markets, increased costs, and, in general,
the reduced performance (e.g., generalization ability) of tools applied,
such as data-driven models and data mining technologies. Thus, the topic
of this special issue represents very important areas of applied research
across multiple disciplines relevant to computational intelligence in
finance.
DATA REFERENCES
Authors may use any financial datasets of interest. For possible existing
datasets, see the following Web pages:
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/ftpub/dd.htmhttp://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/ftpub/other.htmhttp://www.cs.colorado.edu/~andreas/Time-Series/Data/Exchange.Rates.Daily
BOOK/ARTICLE REFERENCES
Abarbanel, Henry D.I. [1996] Analysis of Observed Chaotic Data,
Springer-Verlag, New York.
Bishop, Christopher M. [1995] Neural Networks for Pattern Recognition,
Oxford University Press, Oxford and New York.
Calude, C. [1994] Information and Randomness: An Algorithmic Perspective,
Springer-Verlag, New York.
Devijver, P.A. and J. Kittler [1982] Pattern Recognition: A statistical
approach, Prentice-Hall.
Frison, Ted W. [1995] "Chaos and Prediction Horizons in Silver Futures
Trading," NeuroVest Journal, Vol.3, No.3, pp.22-29.
Gershenfeld, N.A. and A.S. Weigend [1994] "The Future of Time Series:
Learning and Understanding," in Time Series Prediction (A.S. Weigend and
N.A. Gershenfeld, editors), Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA, pp.1-70.
Keuzenkamp, H.A. and M. McAleer [1995] "Simplicity, Scientific Inference
and Econometric Modelling," The Economic Journal, Vol.105, pp.1-21.
Kohonen, Teuvo [1995] Self-Organizing Maps, Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Li, Ming and Paul Vitanyi [1997] An Introduction to Kolmogorov Complexity
and Its Applications, Second Edition, Springer-Verlag, New York.
Linial, N., Mansour, Y. and R.L. Rivest [1991] "Results on Learnability
and the Vapnik-Chervonenkis Dimension," Information and Computation,
90:pp.33-49.
Oja, E. [1983] Subspace Methods of Pattern Recognition, Research Studies
Press, Letchworth, UK.
Samon, John W., Jr. [1969] "A Nonlinear Mapping for Data Structure
Analysis," IEEE Trans. on Computers, Vol.C-18, No.5, May.
Staiger, L. [1993] "Kolmogorov Complexity and Hausdorff Dimension,"
and Computation, 120(2):pp.159-194.
Storer, D. [1988] Data Compression: Method and Theory, Computer Science
Press, New York.
Tenorio, M.F., Pedreira, C.E. and N.M. Roehl [1997] "The Cotton Time Series:
A Study of the Competition Series Behavior and Statistics," In Nonlinear
Financial Forecasting: Proceedings of the First INFFC (R.B. Caldwell,
editor), Finance & Technology Publishing, Haymarket, VA, pp.23-48.
Tukey, John W. [1977] Exploratory Data Analysis, Addison-Wesley, Mass.
Van Bussel, Joroen and Leo P.J. Veelenturf [1997] "Company Viability
Prediction using Neural Networks with Sparse Data," J. of Computational
Intelligence in Finance, Vol.5, No.4, pp.5-13.
Watanabe, O. (editor) [1992] Kolmogorov Complexity and Computational
Complexity, Spinger-Verlag, New York.
Warwick, Keven and Miroslav Karny (editors) [1997] Computer-Intensive
Methods in Control and Signal Processing: The Curse of Dimensionality,
Birkhauser, Boston.
Zurek, W.H. (editor) [1991] Complexity, Entropy and the Physics of
Information, Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA.
ABSTRACTS
Submit 150 to 300 word abstract including full name(s) and
affiliation(s) of the author(s), complete mailing address,
email address and telephone numbers of all authors. Authors
should provide a brief biographic sketch of themselves. Send
to either of the postal or email addresses below:
Post:
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JCIF
P.O. Box 764
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E-mail:
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VORTRAGSANKUENDIGUNG
PROF. DUANE SEPPI (Carnegie Mellon University)
haelt am Do, 13.11.1997, 14.30-16.00,
im Rahmen des Betriebswirtschaftlichen Forschungsseminars einen
Vortrag zum Thema
"EQUILIBRIUM FORWARD CURVES FOR COMMODITIES".
Der Vortrag findet im Hoersaal 7 des Betriebswirtschaftszentrums
der Universitat Wien, Bruennerstrase 72, 1210 Wien, statt.
Alle Interessenten sind herzlich eingeladen!
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INFORMATION BULLETIN N 1
CALL FOR PAPERS and REGISTRATION
of
THE FIRST BACHELIER FINANCE SOCIETY
CONGRESS (August 6-12, 1998, Moscow)
ORGANIZERS:
The Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS)
Bachelier Finance Society (BFS)
CO-CHAIRMEN:
Yu. S. Osipov - President of the RAS
A. N. Shiryaev - President of the BFS
CHAIRMAN OF THE INTERNATIONAL
PROGRAMM COMMITTEE (IPC):
J. Aa. Nielsen
MEMBERS OF THE IPC:
M. H. A. Davis
F. Delbaen
D. Duffie
T. Kariya
E. Platen
S. Pliska
A. N. Shiryaev
D. Sondermann
THE BACHELIER AND BLACK LECTURERS:
M. H. A. Davis
H. Follmer
STRUCTURE OF THE PROGRAM
Plenary invited lectures (1 hour) and contributed papers (30 min).
See also below "Preliminary Format of the Programm".
PAPER SUBMISSIONS AND DEADLINES FOR CONTRIBUTED PAPERS:
Send a two-page abstract by e-mail: bachelie(a)mi.ras.ru or three hard
copies by ordinary mail before February, 1, 98 to the address of ROC
given below. Abstracts should be prepared according to the style of
the first printed page of papers in journal "Finance and Stochastics"
ACCOMODATION
The Organizing Committee has reserved about 300 rooms in the hotel
"Orlenok" located in the picturesque place, Vorobievy Gory near
Moscow river, Moscow State University and the Main Building of the
Russian Academy of Sciences - the host of the Congress (less than
1 km from hotel).
PRICES
(in the case of registration and reservation before 30.12.97)
Room (two beds) - 70 USD
Room (one bed) - 45 USD
Luxe - 95 USD
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PRELIMINARY REGISTRATION FORM
Family name:
Given name:
Title:
Date of birthday:
Affiliation:
Address:
town/city:
state :
postcode :
country :
Badge names(First, Surname, Affiliation ...)
Do you intend to give a talk?
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REGISTRATION FEE
including lunches and Congress dinner
(if payed before June 15)
Academicians: 200 USD for member of BFS
250 USD for others
Practitioners: 400 USD for member of BFS
450 USD for others
Accompanying
persons 75 USD
For payments after June 15 add 50 USD
Form of payments will be published in Information
Bulletin N 2 (February, 1998)
MEMBERSIP OF BACHELIER FINANCE SOCIETY
Write to Prof. J. Aa. Nielsen
E-mail: atsjan(a)mi.aau.dk
PRELIMINARY FORMAT OF THE CONGRESS
Thursday, August 6: 2-2.15 Opening ceremony
2.15-3.15 Bachelier Lecture by M.H.A. Davis
3.15-4.15 Plenary invited lecture
4.30-5.30 Plenary invited lecture
Friday, August 7: 9-10 Plenary invited lecture
10.15-11.15 Plenary invited lecture
11.15-11.45 Coffee
11.45-12.45 Contributed papers with
relevance for practitioners
(3 parallel sessions)
12.45-2.15 Lunch
2.15-3.15 Contributed papers with
relevance for practitioners
(3 parallel sessions)
3.15-3.45 Coffee
3.45-4.45 Contributed papers with
relevance for practitioners
(3 parallel sessions)
Saturday, August 8: 9-11.15 Contributed papers with
relevance for practitioners
(3 parallel sessions)
11.15-11.45 Coffee
11.45-12.45 Plenary invited lecture
12.30-2 Lunch
Time for discussions, lecture halls
will be open
7.00 Congress dinner
Sunday, August 9: Excursions
Monday, August 10: 9.00-10.00 Plenary invited lecture
10.15-11.15 Plenary invited lecture
11.15-11.45 Coffee
11.45-12.45 Contributed papers with
relevance for practitioners
(3 parallel sessions)
12.45-2.15 Lunch
2.15-3.15 Contributed papers with
relevance for practitioners
(3 parallel sessions)
3.15-3.45 Coffee
3.45-4.45 Contributed papers with
relevance for practitioners
(3 parallel sessions)
Tuesday, August 11: 9.00-10.00 Plenary invited lecture
10.15-11.15 Plenary invited lecture
11.15-11.45 Coffee
11.45-12.45 Contributed papers with
relevance for practitioners
(3 parallel sessions)
12.45-2.15 Lunch
2.15-3.15 Contributed papers with
relevance for practitioners
(3 parallel sessions)
3.15-3.45 Coffee
3.45-4.45 Contributed papers with
relevance for practitioners
(3 parallel sessions)
Wednesday, August 12 9.00-10.30 Contributed papers with
relevance for practitioners
(3 parallel sessions)
10.30-11 Coffee
11-12 Black lecture by Follmer
ADDRESS OF ROC
(RUSSIAN ORGANIZING COMMITTEE)
Prof. A.N. Shiryaev
Bachelier Congress
Actuarial-Financial Center
Steklov Mathematical Institute
Gubkina str. 8, 117966, Moscow
Russia
E-mail: bachelie(a)mi.ras.ru
Tel: (7-095) 938 3737
Fax: (7-095) 938 1880
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Dr. Andrea Gaunersdorfer
Department of Business Administration
University of Vienna
Bruenner Strasse 72
A - 1210 Wien
Tel.: +43-1-29 1 28-466, Fax: 464
e-mail: gauner(a)finance2.bwl.univie.ac.at
http://www.bwl.univie.ac.at/bwl/fiwi1/members/gauner/gauner.htm
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WIRTSCHAFTSTHEORETISCHES FORSCHUNGSSEMINAR
der Wiener Universit=E4ten gemeinsam mit dem
Institut f=FCr H=F6here Studien und der
National=F6konomischen Gesellschaft
16. Oktober 1997:
16.00 s.t.; Saqib JAFAREY (University of Essex)
"Effects of Credit Rationing Equilibria upon Growth"
17.30 s.t.: Alexander STOMPER (Universit=E4t Wien)
"Bank from Relationship in Industry Equilibrium"
23. Oktober 1997:
16.00 s.t.: David ANDOLFATTO (University of Waterloo)
"Unemployment Insurance and Labour Market Activity in Canada"
17.30 s.t.: Timo TERAESVIRTA (Stockholm School of Economics)
"Stylized facts of daily return series and the Hidden Markov Model"
6. November 1997:
16.00 s.t.: Rudolf KERSCHBAMER (Universit=E4t Wien)
"Excess Capacity as an Incentive Device"
17.30 s.t.: Jonathan P. CAULKINS (Carnegie Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh)
"Is Incarceration an Effective Way to Control Illicit Drugs?"
Abstracts (soweit vorhanden) koennen uebermittelt werden.
Die Vortraege finden im Institut f=FCr Hoehere Studien, Stumpergasse
56, 1060 Wien, Hoersaal II, statt.
Das Seminar steht allen Interessierten offen. Insbesondere wird die
Teilnahme von fortgeschrittenen Studierenden begruesst.
Egbert Dierker
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Erika Ristl
Department of Economics, University of Vienna
Hohenstaufengasse 9, A-1010 Vienna / Austria
Tel.:+43-1-4277-37405 ------ Fax:+43-1-4277-9374
e-mail: erika.ristl(a)univie.ac.at
Am Institut f=FCr Betriebswirtschaftslehre des Au=DFenhandels der
Wirtschaftsuniversit=E4t Wien ist voraussichtlich ab 01. November 1997 ein
Universit=E4tsassistent/inn/enposten, allenfalls zwei
Vertragsassistent/inn/enposten (halbbesch=E4ftigt) zu besetzen.
Gesetzliche Aufnahmebedingungen:
Abgeschlossenes Studium der Sozial- und Wirtschaftswissenschaften
Zus=E4tzlich erw=FCnschte Kenntnisse:
Fundierte Kenntnisse im Bereich der Betriebswirtschaftlehre des
Au=DFenhandels (facheinschl=E4gige wissenschaftliche Arbeiten und/oder
einschl=E4gige praktische Erfahrungen), =FCberdurchschnittlicher Studienerfo=
lg,
Fremdsprachenkenntnisse, F=E4higkeit zur Betreuung wissenschaftlicher
Forschungsprojekte, p=E4dagogische Ausbildung und Lehrerfahrung, Bereitschaf=
t
zur Mitarbeit in der Institutsadministration, Stre=DFresistenz, Flexibilit=
=E4t
und hohe Selbstmotivation
Schriftliche Bewerbungen mit Lebenslauf und Angabe =FCber den Studienerfolg
(ohne Originalzeugnisse) sind an die Personalabteilung im Wege der
Universit=E4tsdirektion der WU Wien, Augasse 2-6, 1090 Wien zu richten.
Bewerbungsfrist: bis 8. Oktober 1997
Bewerber/innen haben keinen Anspruch auf Abgeltung der aufgelaufenen Reise-
und Aufenthaltskosten, die aus Anla=DF des Aufnahmeverfahrens entstanden=
sind.
Die Wirtschaftsuniversit=E4t Wien hat sich eine Erh=F6hung des Frauenanteils=
am
wissenschaftlichen Personal zum Ziel gesetzt. Deshalb werden nachdr=FCcklich
Frauen aufgefordert, sich zu bewerben. Es wird darauf hingewiesen, da=DF
Frauen bei gleicher Qualifikation bevorzugt aufgenommen werden und da=DF an
der Wirtschaftsuniversit=E4t ein Arbeitskreis f=FCr Gleichbehandlungsfragen
eingerichtet ist.
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Am Institut f=FCr Finanzierung und Finanzm=E4rkte der Wirtschaftsuniversit=
=E4t
Wien,=20
Ordinariat Univ.Prof. Dr. Otto Loistl, ist voraussichtlich ab 1. November
1997 ein Universit=E4tsassistentposten zu besetzen.
Gesetzliche Aufnahmebedingungen:
Abgeschlossenes Studium der Sozial- und Wirtschaftswissenschaften oder
abgeschlossenes Studium der Informatik
Zus=E4tzlich erw=FCnschte Kenntnisse:
Studium der Speziellen BWL =91Finanzierung=92,
vertiefende Kenntnisse =FCber betriebliche Finanzierung und Kapitalm=E4rkte,
praktische Programmiererfahrungen in C++,
Erfahrung als Netzadmistrator f=FCr Internetdienste,
Erfahrungen mit Hard- und Softwareinstallationen.
Schriftliche Bewerbungen mit Lebenslauf und Angabe =FCber den Studienerfolg
(ohne Originalzeugnisse) sind an die Personalabteilung im Wege der
Universit=E4tsdirektion, Augasse 2-6, A 1090 Wien zu richten.
Bewerbungsfrist: 8. Oktober 1997.
Bewerber/innen haben keine Anspruch auf Abgeltung der aufgelaufenen Reise-
und Aufenthaltskosten, die aus Anla=DF des Aufnahmeverfahrens entstanden=
sind.
Die Wirtschaftsuniversit=E4t Wien hat sich eine Erh=F6hung des Frauenanteile=
s
am wissenschaftlichen Personal zum Ziel gesetzt. Deshalb werden
nachdr=FCcklich Frauen aufgefordert, sich zu bewerben. Es wird darauf
hingewiesen, da=DF Frauen bei gleicher Qualifikation bevorzugt aufgenommen
werden und da=DF an der Wirtschaftsuniversit=E4t Wien ein Arbeitskreis f=FCr
Gleichbehandlungsfragen eingerichtet ist.
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Announcement: Austrian Political Stock Markets 1997
Seit heute ist am AEM ein neuer Markt verfuegbar und zum Handel
freigegeben. Dieser Markt beschaeftigt sich mit der
oesterreichischen Arbeitslosenrate im September '97.
Detailierte Infos bzw. alles was zur Teilnahme erforderlich ist, ist -
wie gewohnt - unter: http://ebweb.tuwien.ac.at/apsm/ auf unserem
Webserver zu finden.
MfG,
Gerhard Ortner
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Phone: +43-1-505 73 19 /43 Fax: +43-1-504 14 99
EMail: ortner(a)ebwnov.tuwien.ac.at
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Announcement: Austrian Political Stock Markets 1997
Seit heute ist am AEM ein neuer Markt verfuegbar und zum Handel
freigegeben. Dieser Markt beschaeftigt sich mit der Abstimmung ueber
die Bewerbung Salzburgs fuer die Olympischen Winterspiele 2006.
Detailierte Infos bzw. alles was zur Teilnahme erforderlich ist, ist - wie gewohnt - unter:
http://ebweb.tuwien.ac.at/apsm/
auf unserem Webserver zu finden.
MfG,
Wir freuen uns ueber jede/n neue/n MarkteilnehmerIn!
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University of Technology Vienna
Institut of Industrial Engineering, Ergonomics and Business Economics
Theresianumgasse 27, A-1040 Vienna, Austria
Phone: +43-1-505 73 19 /43 Fax: +43-1-504 14 99
EMail: ortner(a)ebwnov.tuwien.ac.at
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Vortragsankuendigung:
Im gemeinsamen Seminar von Univ.Prof. Schachermayer und Univ.Prof. Strasser
spricht
Univ.Prof.Dr. R. F. Tichy (TU Graz)
Ort: WU Wien, Zentrum fuer Statistik und Informatik (UZA II),
Seminarraum des Instituts fuer Statistik (4. Stock)
Datum: Donnerstag, 26. Juni 1997
Zeit: 17:00 Uhr
Vortragstitel: Risikomodelle und zahlentheoretische Simulation
Zentrales Thema des Vortrags sind stochastische Modelle der
Versicherungsmathematik. Es werden ausgehend von einem klassischen
Risikomodell von Gerber verschiedene Weiterentwicklungen und
Loesungsverfahren untersucht. Fuer spezielle Schadensverteilungen werden
analytische Verfahren mit Simulationsverfahren verglichen. Dabei spielen
sowohl Symbolic Computation
als auch Monte-Carlo Verfahren eine Rolle. Ferner werden zahlentheoretische
Algorithmen zur Loesung der Modellgleichungen vorgestellt,
wie sie auch seit Paskov und Traub in der Finanzmathematik zur
Optionspreisberechnung eingesetzt werden. Schliesslich werden aktuelle
Ruinmodelle mit stochastischem Zins und kombiniert mit Optionen
vorgestellt.
SEMINAR IN FINANCE
Christian Helmenstein, Gabriel Lee
(Biweekly Mondays)
Monday, June 23, 1997
Dmitri Shemetilo
(WoodCommerz Commerzbank, Prague)
"Predicting Commercial Banks' Failure in Russia"
Place: Institute for Advanced Studies, Stumpergasse 56, 1060 Vienna, SZ VI
Time: 17:00h-18:30h
Info: http://www.ihs.ac.at/fin/finsem.html
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Vortragsankuendigung:
Prof. M. Frittelli (Univ. Mailand)
Ort: WU Wien, Zentrum fuer Statistik und Informatik (UZAII),
Seminarraum des Instituts fuer Statistik (4. Stock)
Datum: Donnerstag, 19.06.1997
Zeit: 17:00 Uhr
Title:
Certainty Equivalent and No Arbitrage Pricing in Incomplete Markets
Abstract:
We describe a general methodology for the valuation problem in incomplete
financial markets that reconciles the utility and martingale approaches.
We develop a utility based criterion to select the no-arbitrage linear
pricing functional that is ''closest'' to the Certainty Equivalent
pricing functional. As special cases we derive the variance
optimal and the minimal entropy martingale measures.
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SEMINAR IN FINANCE
Christian Helmenstein, Gabriel Lee
(Biweekly Mondays)
Monday, June 16, 1997
Marcus Klug
(Creditanstalt IB, Vienna)
"Assessing the current demand for CEE derivatives and their implications for
the local capital markets"
Place: Institute for Advanced Studies, Stumpergasse 56, 1060 Vienna, SZ VI
Time: 17:00h-18:30h
Info: http://www.ihs.ac.at/fin/finsem.html
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VSX WORKSHOP
ACHTUNG AENDERUNG !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Der Vortrag von Professor Michel Habib,
''Debt and Equity as Information Revelation Mechanisms'',
findet am
Freitag, 13. Juni 1997 von 16:00 - 17:30
im
Freizeitraum (erstes Untergeschoss) der Wirtschaftsuniverstaet Wien
statt.
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Announcement: Austrian Political Stock Markets 1997
Wie schon in den letzten Jahren (1994-96) starten im Rahmen des Austrian Electronic Market
Experimentes wieder einige experimentelle Aktienmaerkte an der TU Wien.
Im diesjaehrigen Experiment wird aber erstmals eine neue - voellig WWW basierende - Software
eingesetzt.
Die momentan verfuegbaren Maerkte beziehen sich auf die Oberoesterreichischen Landtagswahlen
im Oktober 1997 und auf die oesterreichische Arbeitslosenrate im Juli 1997.
Alle Maerkte sind als Double Auction Markets, die rund um die Uhr verfuegbar sind, realisiert.
Detailierte Infos bzw. alles was zur Teilnahme erforderlich ist, ist - wie gewohnt - unter:
http://ebweb.tuwien.ac.at/apsm/
auf unserem Webserver zu finden.
Wir freuen uns ueber jede/n neue/n MarktteilnehmerIn!
MfG,
Gerhard Ortner
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University of Technology Vienna
Institut of Industrial Engineering, Ergonomics and Business Economics
Theresianumgasse 27, A-1040 Vienna, Austria
Phone: +43-1-505 73 19 /43 Fax: +43-1-504 14 99
EMail: ortner(a)ebwnov.tuwien.ac.at
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WIRTSCHAFTSTHEORETISCHES FORSCHUNGSSEMINAR
der Wiener Universitaeten gemeinsam mit dem
Institut fuer Hoehere Studien und der
Nationaoekonomischen Gesellschaft
12. Juni 1997:
16.00 s.t.: Bhaskar DUTTA (Indian Statistical Institute, New Delhi
"Incentice Compatible Reward Schemes"
17.30 s.t.: Zvika NEEMAN (Boston University)
"The Freedom to Contract and the Free Rider Problem"
26. Juni 1997:
16.00 s.t.: Giuseppe BERTOLA (Univertaet Turin)
"Income Distribution and Growth"
17.30 s.t.: Clemens PUPPE (Universitaet Wien)
"Neutrality and Non-normality:
The Voluntary Contribution Mechanism Revisited"
Die Vortr=E4ge finden im
Institut fuer Hoehere Studien, Stumpergasse 56, 1060 Wien, H=F6rsaal
II, statt.
Das Seminar steht alles Interessierten offen. Insbesondere wird die
Teilnahme von fortgeschrittenen Studierenden begruesst.
Egbert Dierker
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Erika Ristl
Department of Economics
University of Vienna
Hohenstaufengasse 9
A-1010 Vienna / Austria
Phone: +43-1-40103-3374
Fax: +43-1-532 1498
e-mail: erika.ristl(a)univie.ac.at
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Einladung zum Gastvortrag:
Chancen und Risken aus Globalisierung und Euro f=FCr den regionalen=
Wettbewerb=20
- am Beispiel des Wirtschaftsraumes Stuttgart
Dr. Thomas R. FISCHER=20
Vorstandsvorsitzender
Landesgirokasse Stuttgart
Mo. 9. Juni 1997, 12:00 Uhr
Hs 0001, UZA III
Althanstra=DFe 39-45
A-1090 Wien
____________________________________________________________
Mag. Roland Dipplinger, Institut fuer Finanzierung und Finanzmaerkte
Wirtschaftsuniversitaet Wien, Althanstrasse 39-45, A-1090 WIEN
Tel.: ++431-31336-4173, Fax: -761, @: Roland.Dipplinger(a)wu-wien.ac.at
"In practice, this works, but how about in theory?"
Attributed to a French mathematician
INSTITUT F=DCR H=D6HERE STUDIEN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES
=09
A-1060 Wien, Stumpergasse 56
Telefon: (0222) 59 9 91
Telefax: (0222) 597 06 35
SEMINAR IN FINANCE
Christian Helmenstein, Gabriel Lee
(Biweekly Mondays)
Monday, 2. June 1997
E. J. Dockner, H. Elsinger, A. Gaunersdorfer
(University of Vienna)
"The Strategic Role of Dividends and Debt in Markets=20
with Imperfect Competition"
Abstract
While many existing models in the literature on financial structure do
ignore product market strategies, Brander and Lewis (1986) argue that there
are important linkages between the two. In particular they show that
oligopolistic firms with limited liability follow a more aggressive output
strategy as their leverage increases. In a follow up paper Glazer (1994)
points out that this result crucially depends on the assumption that debt is
short-term. If on the contrary debt is long-term and rival firms chose their
equilibrium in period one and two, they do have an incentive to be more
collusive in the first period than static oligopolists would be and hence
output decreases. On the basis of this result Glazer concludes that the
degree of price fluctuations on product market will increase with the level
of firm=92s debt. In this paper we argue that the incentive to collude is
driven by limited liability and the dividend policy of the firm. We find
that increasing leverage causes firms in both periods to increase their
output and hence be more aggressive. Moreover, we show by means of a
numerical example that the symmetric game admits multiple equilibria some of
which cause firms to choose asymmetric product market strategies. This leads
us to conclude that firms with similar leverage and product market
characteristics might very well choose quite different product market
stragegies.
Place: Institute for Advanced Studies, Stumpergasse 56, 1060 Vienna, SZ VI=
=20
Time: 17:00h-18:30h
Info: http://www.ihs.ac.at/fin/finsem.html
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Journal of Computational Intelligence in Finance
Final Call for Papers
Special Issue and Competition on
"Improving Generalization for Nonlinear Financial Forecasting Models"
The Journal of Computational Intelligence in Finance, a peer-reviewed
technical journal, published by Finance & Technology Publishing, is
seeking papers for review and publication in 1997 on "Improving
Generalization for Nonlinear Financial Forecasting Models". For
comparison of methods submitted, the target variable series and
performance metrics are specified (though not required).
The Journal of Computational Intelligence in Finance publishes applied
research and practical applications of high quality that are based on
sound theoretical, empirical or quantitative analysis. It provides the
international forum for the convergence of the new multi-disciplined
field of computational intelligence in finance.
Papers published in the Journal are eligible for entry in an Annual
Essay Award Contest. The Editorial Advisory Board of the Journal
selects the best paper for which a cash award is presented each year.
EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD
Emilio Barucci, University of Florence - Italy
Richard J. Bauer, Jr., St. Mary's University, Texas - USA
Neil Burgess, London Business School - UK
Oscar Castillo, UABC University - USA
Jerry Connor, London Business School - UK
Eric de Bodt, Universite Catholique de Louvain - France
James F. Derry, Mgmt. Engineering Productivity Systems - USA
Athanasios Episcopos, National Bank of Greece
Andrew Flitman, Monash University - Australia
Susan Garavaglia, Dun and Bradstreet - USA
Ramo Gencay, University of Windor - Canada
Sabyasachi Ghoshray, Florida International University - USA
Lee Giles, NEC Research Institute - USA
Christian Haefke, University of California at San Diego - USA
Ypke Hiemstra, Vrije Universiteit - The Netherlands
Yuval Lirov, Lehman Brothers - USA
Ralph Neuneier, Siemens AG Corporate Research Center - Germany
Zoran Obradovic, Washington State University - USA
Marimuthu Palaniswami, University of Melbourne - Australia
Carlos E. Pedreira, Catholic University, Rio - Brazil
David B. Skalak, University of Massachusetts - USA
Stephen Slade, Stern Business School, New York University - USA
Leon Sterling, University of Melbourne - Australia
Manoel F. Tenorio, University of Purdue - USA
Halbert White, University of California at San Diego - USA
Lei Xu, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
SPECIAL TOPIC
Improving Generalization for Nonlinear Financial Forecasting Models
PUBLICATION DATE
November 1997
PAPER SUBMISSION DEADLINE
June 30, 1997
MOTIVATION
The critical issue in applying neural networks and other data-driven
forecasting systems is generalization, the performance on data not used
for training. The key to generalization behavior is model complexity.
Too simple a model cannot approximate the true relationship, and overly
complex models adjust to the noise in the data. Nearly all financial
applications of nonparametric models (such as neural networks and genetic
algorithms) vary model complexity by adjusting the number of parameters.
This special issue intends to highlight other methods to improve
generalization, in particular regularization (e.g., neural network
weight decay and smoothing) and techniques for combining models. Of
particular interest are nonlinear methods including neural networks,
genetic algorithms, nearest neighbor networks, polynomial networks,
fuzzy logic, and hybrids.
Nearly all studies apply cross-validation to select the best model.
Alternatives to cross-validation include 'analytical' selection rules
such as Akaike's Information Criterion, Schwartz's Information Criterion,
and a number of others. Of particular interest are the statistical
properties (i.e., bias and variance) of model selection methods in
estimating out-of-sample performance.
DATA, TARGET VARIABLES and PERFORMANCE METRICS
Data: daily prices of a financial time series (see below)
Target Variable: the relative difference in percent (RDP) between
today's closing price and the price five (5) days ahead
Performance Metrics: MSE (target). nRMSE and DS (to be used in the
analysis).
Participants are encouraged to use the forecast data, target variable and
performance metrics specified for this special issue, which are available
on the Web to those who submit a satisfactory abstract (including brief
biography) as outlined below. Participants are not be restricted regarding
the data used as inputs to their predictors. Especially interesting
original methods using other forecast data, target variables and
performance metrics will also be considered.
The forecast series is derived from daily closing prices for a financial
time series. The target variable is the relative difference in
percent (RDP) between today's closing price and the closing price
five (5) days ahead. The date, the underlying price series and the
target variable series are all provided in the downloadable data file.
The target metric is the MSE. Also, authors' analysis should include
the normalized RMSE (RMSE normalized using the standard deviation of
actual RDP values), and Directional Symmetry (percentage of correctly
predicted directions with respect to the target variable).
The forecast data provided is separated into in-sample (10 years of
daily data) and out-of-sample (2 years of daily data) sets. Participants
are not restricted regarding the data used as input to their predictors.
However, all data used should be disclosed in the paper presentaton,
including the details of all techniques and formulas used to pre-process
the data. Details on the predictor and the methods used for improving
generalization should be presented in the paper.
FORECAST HORIZON AND RE-TRAINING
Participants should test performance of their predictors over the entire
two-year out-of-sample dataset. Of interest are results of analyses and
performance of predictors over the entire two-year prediction period:
(1) without re-training and
(2) with re-training (optional).
The results from (1) and (2) can be useful for estimating the limits
of the forecasting horizon for the prediction methods presented.
For additional details on the forecast data, target variable and
performance metrics, see:
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/ftpub/call.htm
Suggested references for the topic include:
1) Abu-Mostafa, J.S. [1990] "Learning from hints in neural networks",
Journal of Complexity, 6, June, pp. 192.
2) Bishop C.M. [1995] Neural Networks for Pattern Recognition, Oxford
University Press.
3) Caldwell, R.B. (editor) [1997] Nonlinear Financial Forecasting:
Proceedings of the First INFFC, Finance & Technology Publishing.
4) Elder, John F. and Mark T. Finn [1991] "Creating `Optimally Complex`
Models for Forecasting," Financial Analysts Journal, Jan/Feb, pp. 73-79.
5) Haykin, Simon [1994] Neural Networks: A Comprehensive Foundation,
IEEE Press.
6) Ripley, Brian D. [1996] Pattern Recognition and Neural Networks,
Cambridge University Press.
7) Swanson, N.R. and H. White [1995] "A Model Selection Approach to
Assessing the Information in the Term Structure Using Linear Models
and Artificial Neural Networks", Journal of Business and Economic
Statistics 13.
ABSTRACTS
Submit 150 to 300 word abstract including full name(s) and
affiliation(s) of the author(s), complete mailing address,
email address and telephone numbers of all authors. Authors
should provide a brief biographic sketch of themselves. Send
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PAPERS
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name(s) and affiliation(s) of the author(s), complete mailing
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to edit all material to meet space requirements and to make
grammatical and typographical corrections.
The final text should be 4000 to 5000 words in length,
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