Copula Methods in Finance (The Wiley Finance Series)

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Summary: The most readable and
Review: This is the kind of book I wished to have when I started to study copula functions in finance. The book does not bring big innovations in the subject, but has an exception value in its attempt to collect and make accessible lot of material on copulae. Equity and Credit Risk are the primary fields of application. After introducing bivariate families of copulae and different measures of association, it extends the analysis to the multidimensional case. Then two very nice chapters deal with the problem of 1) calibrating copulae 2) sampling from various copulae. Finally, applications to credit risk (CDOs) and equity options are presented. Overall, I think it is a very valuable book for all the people looking to have one unique source to understand and apply copula functions in finance.