We propose a structural model with a joint process of tangible assets (marker) and firm status for the pricing of corporate securities. The firm status is assumed to be latent or unobservable, and default occurs when the firm status process reaches a default threshold at the first time. The...

We propose a structural model with a joint process of tangible assets (marker) and firm status for the pricing of corporate securities. The firm status is assumed to be latent or unobservable, and default occurs when the firm status process reaches a default threshold at the first time. The...

This book consists of 11 papers based on research presented at the KIER-TMU International Workshop on Financial Engineering, held in Tokyo in 2009. The Workshop, organised by Kyoto University's Institute of Economic Research (KIER) and Tokyo Metropolitan University (TMU), is the successor to the...

This paper proposes a new pricing model for corporate securities issued by a levered firm with the possibility of debt renegotiation. We take the structural approach that the firm's earnings follow a geometric Brownian motion with stochastic collaterals. While equity holders can default the firm...

Intro -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- Program -- Risk Sensitive Investment Management with Affine Processes: A Viscosity Approach M. Davis and S. Lleo -- Keywords: -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Analytical Setting -- 2.1 Overview -- 2.2 Factor Dynamics -- 2.3 Asset Market Dynamics -- 2.4 Portfolio Dynamics...