Gendron, Michel; Lai, Van Son; Soumaré, Issouf - In: Journal of Risk Finance 7 (2006) May, pp. 237-254
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse the effects of the maturities of credit-enhanced debt contracts on the value of an insurer's loan-guarantee portfolios. Design/methodology/approach – The paper proposes a contingent-claims model and uses as measure of credit insurance risk,...