Publications of the Research Unit Pensions and Sustainable Financial Markets

  1. Contributions to Edited Volumes and Conference Proceedings // 1996

    Zugang mittelständischer Unternehmen zum Kapitalmarkt

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 96-25 // 1996

    Delta-Neutral Volatility Trading with Intra-Day Prices: An Application to Options on the DAX

    This paper evaluates the profitability of applying four different volatility forecastingmodels to the trading of straddles on the German stock market index DAX. Special carehas been taken to use simultaneous…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 96-21 // 1996

    Steuer-Klientel-Effekte: Realität oder Illusion ?

    In this article we examine how model selection in neural networks can be guided by statistical procedures such as hypotheses tests,information criteria and cross validation. The application of these methods in…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 96-20 // 1996

    Option Pricing Using EGARCH Models

    Various empirical studies have shown that the time-varying volatility of asset returns can be described by GARCH (generalised autoregressive conditional heteroskedasticity) models. The corresponding GARCH option…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 96-12 // 1996

    Value at Risk: Proposals on a Generalization

    The Value at Risk approach (VaR) is more and more used as a tool for risk measurement. The approach however has shortcomings both from a theoretical and a practical point of view. VaR can be classified within…

  6. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 96-04 // 1996

    Improving the Pricing of Options. A Neutral Network Approach

    In this paper we apply statistical inference techniques to build neural network models which are ahle to explain the prices of call options written on the German stock index DAX. By testing for the explanatory…

Further Publications

ZEW Financial Market Survey

German Real Estate Finance Index (DIFI Report)