problems in quantitative finance. The combination of practice and theory supported by computational tools is reflected in the …, practitioners access to new methods for their applications. The e-book design of the text links theory and computational tools in an …

We study the relation between the credit cycle and macro-economic fundamentals in an intensity-based framework. Using … the credit cycle from the micro rating data. We relate this cycle to the business cycle, bank lending conditions, and … financial market variables. In line with earlier studies, these variables appear to explain part of the credit cycle. As our …

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Financial Engineering -- chapter 8 Term Structure -- chapter 9 Credit Rating. …