Svenja Hager aims at pricing non-standard illiquid portfolio credit derivatives which are related to standard CDO tranches with the same underlying portfolio of obligors. Instead of assuming a homogeneous dependence structure between the default times of different obligors, as it is assumed in...

This book introduces to basic and advanced methods for credit risk management. It covers classical debt instruments and modern financial markets products. The author describes not only standard rating and scoring methods like Classification Trees or Logistic Regression, but also less known...

The thesis of Kristina Reimer provides a comprehensive analysis of asymmetric cost behavior (also known as cost stickiness) by discussing its origin and development in the theoretical and empirical research from the 1920s of the past century up until today. Further, using an empirical approach,...

The finance literature looks at a number of factors to explain risk premia in corporate debt, such as liquidity effects, jump-to-default risk, and contagion risk. Stochastic recovery rates as a source of systematic risk have not received much attention so far, most likely due to the difficulties...

Abstract: Die steigende Anzahl von Unternehmensinsolvenzen hat in den vergangenen Jahren den Wertberichtigungsbedarf der Kreditinstitute ansteigen lassen und die Notwendigkeit einer aktiven Kreditrisikosteuerung verdeutlicht. Während es längst selbstverständlich ist, Zinsänderungs- und...

Kredit und Kreditrisiko -- Kreditderivate -- Der Credit Default Swap (CDS) -- Externes Rating, CDS und Informationseffi zienz -- Asymmetrische Informationsverteilung am CDS-Markt -- CDS-, Anleihe- und Aktienmarkt -- Empirische Untersuchung zum Zusammenhang des CDS— und Aktienmarktes sowie zur...

Past cycles of sovereign lending and default suggest that debt crises will recur at some point. This book shows why investors should reckon with similar credit events in the future. Surveying the sovereign bond market, the author provides investors with a useful toolkit for analyzing sovereign...