Introduction to Financial Econometrics, Mathematics, Statistics, and Machine Learning

Abstract

The main purpose of this introductory chapter is to give an overview of the following 130 papers, which discuss financial econometrics, mathematics, statistics, and machine learning. There are eight sections in this introductory chapter. Section 1 is the introduction, Section 2 discusses financial econometrics, Section 3 explores financial mathematics, and Section 4 discusses financial statistics. Section 5 of this introductory chapter discusses financial technology and machine learning, Section 6 explores applications of financial econometrics, mathematics, statistics, and machine learning, and Section 7 gives an overview in terms of chapter and keyword classification of the handbook. Finally, Section 8 is a summary and includes some remarks.