This paper shows a simple approach to the pricing of options on spread and some arguments in favor of modelling the spread using its two components instead of the spread itself.

This paper shows how this becomes an informational first-mover advantage that turns innovators into the market leader.

The objective of operations on futures markets may be either hedging or speculation. In this paper, we wish to give a desciption of futures markets with two groups of operators with heterogeneous expectations: hedgers-speculators, and pure speculators.(...)

Die vorliegende Arbeit versucht, die zentralen ökonomischen Aussagen der Bewertungstheorie in einem einfachen einperiodigen Modell darzustellen.

Die Theorie der Unternehmensfinanzierung wurde durch das Theorem von Modigliani und Miller (MM) geprägt, das die Irrelevanz des Verschuldungsgrades für den Marktwert eines Unternehmens behauptet. Das MM-Theorem beruht allerdings auf restriktiven Annahmen, eine davon ist, dass das Fremdkapital...

The well-known binomial and trinomial tree models for option pricing are examined from the point of view of numerical efficiency. Common lattices use a large part of time resources for calculations which are almost irrelevant for the solution. To avoid this waste of resources, the tree is...

In this paper we present a model to price and hedge basket credit derivatives andcollateralised loan obligation. Based upon the copula-approach by Schönbucher and Schubert (2001) the model allows a specification of the joint dynamics of credit spreads and default intensities, including a...

In a recent paper, Collin-Dufresne and Goldstein (2002) show that the movements of the yield curve and of interest rate derivatives are mostly uncorrelated, advocating the presence of unspanned volatility. This letter shows that their results can be explained in the framework of a Gaussian HJM...

We develop a continuous time general equilibrium yield curve model under ambiguity aversion. A moderate level of ‘aggregate ambiguity’ affects significantly the term structure and can drive the prices of common interest rate derivatives toward the patterns observed in fixed income markets....