This paper illustrates how modelling the contagion effect among assets of a given bond portfolio changes the risk perception associated to it. This empirical work is developed in a hybrid credit risk framework that incorporates recovery rate risk. Dependence structures among firms and between...

This paper presents a framework in which many structural credit risk models can be made hybrid by randomizing the default trigger, while keeping the capital structure intact. This produces random recovery rates negatively correlated with the default probability. The approach is implemented on a...

This paper presents a firm-specific methodology for extracting implied default intensities and recovery rates jointly from unit recovery claim prices---backed by out-of-the-money put options---and credit default swap premiums, therefore providing time-varying and market-consistent views of...

Security prices are important inputs for estimating credit risk. Yet, to obtain an accurate firm-specific credit risk assessment, one needs a reliable model and a methodology that filters the elements unrelated to the firm's fundamentals from market prices.In this article, we introduce a hybrid...