This paper shows how to price American interest rate options under the exponential jumps-extended Vasicek model, or the Vasicek-EJ model. We modify the Gaussian jump-diffusion tree of Amin [1993] and apply to the exponential jumps-based short rate process under the Vasicek-EJ model. The tree is...

In this paper, we analyze the influence of portfolio design on the goal of immunization in Spanish bond portfolios. Extending the work of Fooladi and Roberts (1992) and Bierwag et al. (1993), we test a wide set of strategies which includes duration-matching strategies and strategies based on the...

This paper derives analytical solutions for valuing credit default swaps (CDS) using preference-free multifactor affine and quadratic models, under the recovery of face value (RFV) assumption. We use a preference-free framework, which is independent of the market prices of risk, and yet allows...

This paper gives a new taxonomy of dynamic term structure models that classifies all existing TSMs as either fundamental models or preference-free single-plus, double-plus, and triple-plus models. We exemplify the new taxonomy by considering preference-free versions of some well-known...