In this note the pricing of options on credit default swaps using the survival-measure -pricing technique is discussed. In particular, we derive amodification of the famous Black (1976) futures pricing formula which appliesto options on CDS, and show how other pricing formulae can be easily...

In this paper we develop a structural model of counterparty risk . In particular we provide closed form formulae for the price of risky debt and equity, which depend up on the lending/borrowing relationships in the economy. Our model applies to completely general lender/borrower relationships,...

The large spread between equity returns and risk free rates observed in most stock markets (the "equity premium puzzle") has been subject of intense debates. Two main families of models claim to solve this puzzle: habit formation models and loss aversion models. The goal of this paper is to...

This paper develops a real options framework to analyze the behavior of stock returns in mergers and acquisitions. In this framework, the timing and terms of takeovers are endogenous and result from value-maximizing decisions. The implications of the model for abnormal announcement returns are...

This paper introduces a time-inhomogeneous parameterization of the forward LIBOR volatilities and analyzes its implications for the valuation of Bermudan swaptions. The model approximates the actual term structure of volatilities with a curve from a given set defined by the parametric...

Schweizer Private-Banking-Institute halten sich in einem zunehmend wettbewerbsintensiveninternationalen Markt am besten. Dies zeigt die neueste «International Private Banking Stu-dy» des Instituts für schweizerisches Bankwesen der Universität Zürich, welche die Wettbe-werbsfähigkeit von...

Two different probability measures are of importance when calculating the risk of a large portfolio: the risk-neutral measure for pricing, and the real measure to project true earnings. When using Monte Carlo, the natural method is to conduct two different simulations, one in each probability...

We apply the recurrent reinforcement learning method of Moody et al. (1998) in the context of the strategic asset allocation computed for sample data from the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany. It is found that the optimal asset allocation deviates substantially from the fixed-mix...

High Yield Bonds (HYBs), auch Junk Bonds genannt, finden in den USA seit vielen Jahren Einsatz. Dabei hat dieses spezielle Segment des Kapitalmarktes bereits zahlreiche "Ups and Downs" erlebt...