What is mature and what is still emerging in the cryptocurrency market?

In relation to the traditional financial markets, the cryptocurrency market is a recent invention and the trading dynamics of all its components are readily recorded and stored. This fact opens up a unique opportunity to follow the multidimensional trajectory of its development since inception up to

May 9, 2023 · 2 min · thequant.space

A greedy algorithm for habit formation under multiplicative utility

We consider the problem of optimizing lifetime consumption under a habit formation model, both with and without an exogenous pension. Unlike much of the existing literature, we apply a power utility to the ratio of consumption to habit, rather than to their difference. The martingale/duality method

May 8, 2023 · 2 min · thequant.space

UQ for Credit Risk Management: A deep evidence regression approach

Machine Learning has invariantly found its way into various Credit Risk applications. Due to the intrinsic nature of Credit Risk, quantifying the uncertainty of the predicted risk metrics is essential, and applying uncertainty-aware deep learning models to credit risk settings can be very helpful. I

May 8, 2023 · 2 min · thequant.space

Why Students Trade? The Analysis of Young Investors behavior

Interestingly the numbers of young traders in Jakarta Stock Exchange had been increasing in recent years. Even in the middle of the global crisis caused by covid19 pandemic, in December 2021 according to KSEI, Individual investors were dominated by young investors. Data presented by KSEI showed that

May 8, 2023 · 2 min · thequant.space

Study on the Identification of Financial Risk Path Under the Digital Transformation of Enterprise Based on DEMATEL-ISM-MICMAC

Digital transformation challenges financial management while reducing costs and increasing efficiency for enterprises in various countries. Identifying the transmission paths of enterprise financial risks in the context of digital transformation is an urgent problem to be solved. This paper construc

May 7, 2023 · 2 min · thequant.space

Volatility of Volatility and Leverage Effect from Options

We propose model-free (nonparametric) estimators of the volatility of volatility and leverage effect using high-frequency observations of short-dated options. At each point in time, we integrate available options into estimates of the conditional characteristic function of the price increment until

May 6, 2023 · 2 min · thequant.space

Carbon Price Forecasting with Quantile Regression and Feature Selection

Carbon futures has recently emerged as a novel financial asset in the trading markets such as the European Union and China. Monitoring the trend of the carbon price has become critical for both national policy-making as well as industrial manufacturing planning. However, various geopolitical, social

May 5, 2023 · 2 min · thequant.space

Deep Learning for Solving and Estimating Dynamic Macro-Finance Models

We develop a methodology that utilizes deep learning to simultaneously solve and estimate canonical continuous-time general equilibrium models in financial economics. We illustrate our method in two examples: (1) industrial dynamics of firms and (2) macroeconomic models with financial frictions. Thr

May 5, 2023 · 1 min · thequant.space

Empirical Evidence for the New Definitions in Financial Markets and Equity Premium Puzzle

This study presents empirical evidence to support the validity of new definitions in financial markets. The author develops a new method to determine investors’ risk attitudes in financial markets. The risk attitudes of investors in US financial markets from 1889-1978 are analyzed and the results in

May 5, 2023 · 2 min · thequant.space

The geometry of financial institutions -- Wasserstein clustering of financial data

The increasing availability of granular and big data on various objects of interest has made it necessary to develop methods for condensing this information into a representative and intelligible map. Financial regulation is a field that exemplifies this need, as regulators require diverse and often

May 5, 2023 · 2 min · thequant.space

Dynamic star-shaped risk measures and $g$-expectations

Motivated by the results of static monetary or star-shaped risk measures, the paper investigates the representation theorems in the dynamic framework. We show that dynamic monetary risk measures can be represented as the lower envelope of a family of dynamic convex risk measures, and normalized dyna

May 4, 2023 · 2 min · thequant.space

Estimating the impact of supply chain network contagion on financial stability

Realistic credit risk assessment, the estimation of losses from counterparty’s failure, is central for the financial stability. Credit risk models focus on the financial conditions of borrowers and only marginally consider other risks from the real economy, supply chains in particular. Recent pandem

May 4, 2023 · 2 min · thequant.space

Market Making and Pricing of Financial Derivatives based on Road Travel Times

Travel time derivatives are financial instruments that derive their value from road travel times, serving as an underlying asset that cannot be directly traded. Within the transportation domain, these derivatives are proposed as a more comprehensive approach to value pricing. They enable road pricin

May 4, 2023 · 2 min · thequant.space

Mean-variance dynamic portfolio allocation with transaction costs: a Wiener chaos expansion approach

This paper studies the multi-period mean-variance portfolio allocation problem with transaction costs. Many methods have been proposed these last years to challenge the famous uni-period Markowitz strategy.But these methods cannot integrate transaction costs or become computationally heavy and hardl

May 3, 2023 · 2 min · thequant.space

Not feeling the buzz: Correction study of mispricing and inefficiency in online sportsbooks

We present a replication and correction of a recent article (Ramirez, P., Reade, J.J., Singleton, C., Betting on a buzz: Mispricing and inefficiency in online sportsbooks, International Journal of Forecasting, 39:3, 2023, pp. 1413-1423, doi: 10.1016/j.ijforecast.2022.07.011). RRS measure profile pag

May 3, 2023 · 2 min · thequant.space

A Heath-Jarrow-Morton framework for energy markets: a pragmatic approach

In this article we discuss the application of the Heath-Jarrow-Morton framework Heath et al. [26] to energy markets. The goal of the article is to give a detailed overview of the topic, focusing on practical aspects rather than on theory, which has been widely studied in literature. This work aims t

May 2, 2023 · 2 min · thequant.space

Optimal control problems for stochastic processes with absorbing regime

In this paper we formulate and solve an optimal problem for Stochastic process with a regime absorbing state. The solution for this problem is obtained through a system of partial differential equations. The method is applied to obtain an explicit solution for the Merton portfolio problem when an as

May 2, 2023 · 1 min · thequant.space

Three candidate election strategy

The probability of a given candidate winning a future election is worked out in closed form as a function of (i) the current support rates for each candidate, (ii) the relative positioning of the candidates within the political spectrum, (iii) the time left to the election, and (iv) the rate at whic

May 1, 2023 · 2 min · thequant.space

A Stationary Mean-Field Equilibrium Model of Irreversible Investment in a Two-Regime Economy

We consider a mean-field model of firms competing à la Cournot on a commodity market, where the commodity price is given in terms of a power inverse demand function of the industry-aggregate production. Investment is irreversible and production capacity depreciates at a constant rate. Production is

April 30, 2023 · 2 min · thequant.space

Non-decreasing martingale couplings

For many examples of couples $(μ,ν)$ of probability measures on the real line in the convex order, we observe numerically that the Hobson and Neuberger martingale coupling, which maximizes for $ρ=1$ the integral of $|y-x|^ρ$ with respect to any martingale coupling between $μ$ and $ν$, is still a max

April 30, 2023 · 2 min · thequant.space