We introduce a new model for time-varying spatial dependence. The model extends the well-known static spatial lag model. All parameters can be estimated conveniently by maximum likelihood. We establish the theoretical properties of the model and show that the maximum likelihood estimator for the...

Correlated defaults and systemic risk are clearly priced in credit portfolio securities such as CDOs or index CDSs. In this paper we study an extensive CDX data set for evidence whether correlated defaults are also present in the underlying CDS market. We develop a cash flow based top-down...

We develop an efficient Monte Carlo simulation-based methodology for value at risk (VaR) and sensitivity analysis of mortgage-backed securities (MBS) that employs an importance sampling technique developed for quadratic VaR models. Our approach, whose validity is derived from a fundamental...