This shelf lists 14 legally free risk & quant books. Sources include DOAB (Directory of Open Access Books), CFA Institute Research Foundation. Every link goes to the official publisher or library page, and each link was checked on 16 Oct 2026.
Last updated 16 Oct 2026 · 14 books
Seventeen open-access research articles on financial markets, volatility and risk management around the world.
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An open-access book on how banks identify and manage environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks.
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An open-access volume that combines econometric theory and applications to study the dynamics of financial crises.
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An open-access collection applying game theory and decision theory to problems in business, economics and finance.
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An open-access collection on the use of machine learning and AI in finance, including prediction, risk and trading.
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An open-access collection of advanced mathematical modelling methods used in economics, econometrics and finance.
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Three groups of experts explain how factor models are used to explain and forecast security returns.
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A CFA Institute Research Foundation monograph that re-examines whether holding stocks longer really reduces risk ('time diversification').
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A CFA Institute Research Foundation monograph on building term-structure models of interest rates using binomial trees.
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A CFA Institute Research Foundation handbook on applying AI, machine learning, NLP and big data in investment management.
Download freeAn open-access book on how systemic risk and uncertainty build up inside financial systems, written in the light of the Global Financial Crisis.
Download freeAn open-access book on how bank performance is measured, written after the post-2008 reforms.
Download freeA study that compares neural-network and other AI techniques for predicting corporate bankruptcy.
Download freeA CFA Institute Research Foundation book on measuring clients' risk tolerance and profiling investors in private wealth management.
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