Table of Contents

Introduction to Financial Econometrics and Statistics.- Part A: Regression and Financial Econometrics.- Multiple Linear Regression.-  Other Topics in Applied Regression Analysis.-Simultaneous Equation Models.-Econometric Approach to Financial Analysis, Planning, and Forecasting.- Fixed Effect vs Random Effect in Finance Research.- Alternative Methods to Deal with Measurement Error.-Three Alternative Errors-in-Variables Estimation Methods in Testing Capital Asset Pricing Model.- Spurious Regression and Data Mining in Conditional Asset Pricing Models.-Time-Series Analysis and Its Applications.-Time-Series: Analysis, Model, and Forecasting.-Hedge Ratio and Time-Series Analysis.- The Binomial, Multi-Nominal Distributions and Option Pricing Model.- Two Alternative Binomial Option Pricing Model Approaches to Derive Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model.-Normal, Lognormal Distribution, and Option Pricing Model.-Copula, Correlated Defaults, and Credit VaR.-Multivariate Analysis: Discriminant Analysis and Factor Analysis.-Stochastic Volatility Option Pricing Models.- Alternative Method to Estimate Implied Variance: Review and Comparison.- Numerical Valuation of Asian Options with Higher Moments in the Underlying Distribution.-Itô’s Calculus: Derivation of the Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model.-Alternative Methods to Derive Option Pricing Models.-Constant Elasticity of Variance Option Pricing Model: Integration and Detailed Derivation.- Option Pricing and Hedging Performance under Stochastic Volatility and Stochastic Interest Rates.-Non-Parametric Method for European Option Bounds.

About the Author

Cheng-Few Lee is a Distinguished Professor of Finance at Rutgers Business School, where he once served as  chairperson of the Department. He has maintained academic and consulting ties in Taiwan, Hong Kong, China and the United States for the past three decades and  has been a consultant to many prominent groups including the American Insurance Group, the World Bank, and the United Nations.  Lee founded the Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting in 1990 and the Review of Pacific Basin Financial Markets and Policies in 1998, and continues to serve as managing editor for both journals. He was also a co-editor of the Financial Review (1985–1991) and the Quarterly Review of Economics and Business (1987–1989).  Having published more than 200 articles in more than twenty different journals in finance, accounting, economics, statistics, and management,  Lee has been ranked the most published finance professor worldwide during 1953–2008. 

Hong-Yi Chen is Assistant Professor at the NCCU College of Commerce. His research expertise is in investments, asset pricing, and corporate finance. He has co-authored several papers in journals such as  Springer's Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, as well as Elsevier's Journal of Corporate Finance.

John C. Lee is Director of the Center for PBBEF Research. A Microsoft Certified Professional in Microsoft Visual Basic and Microsoft Excel VBA, he has a Bachelors and Masters degree in accounting from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Lee  has worked over 20 years in both the business and technical fields as an accountant, auditor, systems analyst, as well as a business software developer. Formerly, the Senior Technology Officer at the Chase Manhattan Bank and Assistant Vice President at Merrill Lynch, he is also the author of the book on how to use MINITAB and Microsoft Excel to do statistical analysis. In addition, he also published Financial Analysis, Planning and Forecasting with Cheng-Few Lee and Alice Lee. 

Reviews

“The main readers of the book are seen as upper-undergraduate and graduate students in finance, economics, and statistics. But practitioners in financial analysis will find much use in this. The book contains many examples of statistical analysis of data, both hypothetical and real; computational implementation codes for various algorithms … . All these features and themes, as well as a rigorous explanation make this book an exclusive item in the sector of education and professional literature.” (Vladimir Gorbunov, zbMATH 1460.62001, 2021)