TY - GEN AU - Voit,Johannes TI - The Statistical Mechanics of Financial Markets T2 - Texts and monographs in physics SN - 9783540262855 (HB) PY - 2005/// CY - Berlin PB - Springer KW - Financial engineering KW - Statistical physics KW - Capital market Statistical methods Finance KW - Finance Statistical methods N1 - Basic Information on Capital Markets Random Walks in Finance and Physics The Black-Scholes Theory of Option Prices Scaling in Financial Data and in Physics Turbulence and Foreign Exchange Markets Derivative Pricing Beyond Black Scholes Microscopic Market Models Theory of Stock Exchange Crashes Risk Management Economic and Regulatory Capital for Financial Institutions N2 - "This third edition of The Statistical Mechanics of Financial Markets especially stands apart from other treatments because it offers new chapters containing a practitioner's treatment of two important current topics in banking: the basic notions and tools of risk management and capital requirements for financial institutions, including an overview of the new Basel II capital framework which may well set the risk management standards in scores of countries for years to come."--Jacket ER -