Thursday, October 07, 2004

Co-integration in Econometric Analysis
Author:Richard Harris

Co-integration has become an essential tool for applied economists wanting to estimate time series models, and the technique is finding its way onto the core syllabus in standard econometrics courses. This book introduces co-integration techniques at a very moderate technical level. Testing for (co)integration is explained thoroughly with plenty of examples which emphasize how the tests are actually performed.

Features:
- "Toolkit" approach with an emphasis on practice and the actual tests used.
- Covers the Engle-Granger procedure.
- Covers the Johansen technique.
- Overview of structural VAR modelling.
- Advanced and difficult concepts presented in technical boxes thus preserving the flow of exposition.
- Boxed examples throughout.

Directory of Fund of Hedge Funds 2004
Many industry observers would agree that fund of hedge funds have become mainstream investment vehicles. Industry estimates for the size of the fund of hedge funds sector range from 1300 and 1500 funds with assets under management between USD 100 and USD 130 billion. Individual investors and pension funds alike are clamoring to put money into fund of hedge funds.

The third edition of the Fund of Hedge Funds Directory is a thoroughly prepared and objectively researched study of the fund of hedge funds universe. From information on individual fund of hedge funds or the hedge funds they invest in, to complete and updated contact information, this year's edition covers an 600 funds of hedge funds on a global scale including both onshore and offshore funds.

The Directory will benefit both investors and managers. Investors will be able to research fund of hedge funds investment options, improve transparency, examine how fund of fund managers handle asset allocation, and get access to the largest list of fund of hedge funds. Managers, on the other hand, will be able to benchmark their own fund against others funds and undertake market intelligence of the fund of hedge funds market. The Directory is only available to accredited investors.



Introduction to MATLAB 6
Author:Delores Etter;David Kuncicky;Doug Hull

For 1st year or Introductory courses in Engineering and Computer Science. Part of ESource - Prentice Halls Engineering Source - this text provides a complete, flexible introductory engineering and computing program. Featuring over 28 modules and growing, ESource allows professors to fully customize their textbooks through the ESource website. Professors are not only able to pick and choose modules, but also sections of modules, incorporate their own materials, and re-paginate and re-index the complete project.

Estimation and Inference in Econometrics
Author:Russell Davidson;James MacKinnon

Davidson and MacKinnon have written a textbook for graduates in econometrics, covering both basic and advanced topics and using geometrical proofs throughout for clarity of exposition. The book offers a unified theoretical perspective, and emphasizes the practical applications of modern theory.

Atlas Shrugged
Author:Ayn Rand;

Ayn Rand's epochal novel, first published in 1957, has been a bestseller for more than four decades as well as an intellectual landmark. It is the story of a man who said that he would stop the motor of the world--and did. Was he a destroyer or the greatest of liberators?

Why did he have to fight his battle, not against his enemies but against those who needed him most--and his hardest battle against the woman he loved? What is the world's motor--and the motive power of every man?

Tremendous in its scope, this novel presents an astounding panorama of human life--from the productive genius who becomes a worthless playboy...to the great steel industrialist who does not know that he is working for his own destruction...to the philosopher who becomes a pirate...to the woman who runs a transcontinental railroad...to the lowest track worker in her Terminal tunnels.

Peopled by larger-than-life heroes and villains, charged with towering questions of good and evil, Atlas Shrugged is Ayn Rand's masterpiece. It is a philosophical revolution told in the form of an action thriller.