Multiple Regression Model: A regression model with more than one explanatory variable, multiple because multiple nfluences (i.e., variables)affect the dependent variable

The Object of Hypothesis Testing To answer- How \good\ is the estimated regression line. How can we be sure that the estimated regression function (i.e., the SRF) is in fact a good estimator of the true PRF?

5.1 The Meaning of Regression Analysis 1.Regression analysisthe study of the relationship between one variable Y (the explained, or dependent variable) and one or more other variables X/Xs (explanatory, or independent variables)

Statistical inference draws conclusions about a population [i.e., probability density function(DF)] from random sample that has supposedly been drawn from that population

The Normal Distribution: the distribution of a continuous r.v. whose value depends on a number of factors, yet no single factor dominates the other. 1. Properties of the normal distribution: 1)The normal distribution curve is symmetrical around its mean valueu. 2)The PDF of the distribution is the highest at its mean value but tails off at its extremities

2.1 SOME NOTATION 1. The Summation Notation X, =X1++...+n can be abbreviated as:Σx,orΣx 2. Properties of the Summation Operator

Definition (1) Econometrics: economic measurement. (2) Econometrics: the social science in which the tools of economic theory, mathematics, and statistical inference are applied to the analysis of economic phenomena. (3) Econometrics: the result of a certain outlook on the role of economics, consists of the application of mathematical statistics to economic data to lend

市场微观结构定义:市场微观结构(Market Microstructure)是证券交易价格形成与发现的过程与运作机制( hara,1995)

在上一章,为了得到投资者的最优投资组合,要求知道: 1、回报率均值向量 2、回报率方差-协方差矩阵 3、无风险利率 估计量和计算量随着证券种类的增加以指数级增加

一、马克维茨均值一方差模型 二、 CAPM 三、APT模型 四。BS期权定价模型 以上这些模型是现代金融学最主要的模型,他们都假设人是理性的。基于人是理性的假设,对市场的有效进行研究现代金融学所有模型基础性假设:(弱式)有效市场!