Introduction -- Part I Fundamentals: Credit Derivatives and Markets -- Mathematical Preliminaries -- Part II Static Models: One Factor Gaussian Copula Model -- Normal Inverse Gaussian Factor Copula Model -- Part III: Term-Structure Models -- Large Homogeneous Cell Approximation for Factor Copula...

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 author focuses on a method to price Collateralized Debt Obligations (CDO) tranches. The original method is developed by Castagna, Mercurio and Mosconi in 2012. The Thesis provides an extension of the original work by generalizing the Gaussian dependence in terms of Copula functions. In...

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...

Management von Kreditrisiken: Finanzwirtschaftliche und agency-theoretische Aspekte -- Befragung zur Rechnungslegung und Berichterstattung -- Abbildung von ABS-Transaktionen beim Originator -- Abbildung von Kreditderivaten beim Sicherungsnehmer -- Vergleichende Analyse der derzeitigen...

Providing the most up-to-date tools and techniques for pricing interest rate and credit products for the new financial world, this book discusses pricing and hedging, funding and regulation, and interpretation, as an essential resource for quantitatively minded practitioners and researchers in...

Verena Anna Berger investigates the question to what extent credit default swap spreads are impacted by an increase of government bond yields within the European area. In the first step, these spreads are computed with the help of the Hull-White model to demonstrate the theoretical calculation....

This book, unique in its composition, reviews the academic empirical literature on how CDSs actually work in practice, including during distressed times of market crises. It also discusses the mechanics of single-name and index CDSs, the theoretical costs and benefits of CDSs, as well as...