Due to the scarcity of reliable data, the existing literature on default risk still displays an imbalance between theoretical and empirical contributions. Consequently, the focus of this book is on empirical work. Within an intensity based modelling framework a broad range of promising...

Markets and Trading -- Agent’s Minimal Intelligence Calibration for Realistic Market Dynamics -- Trading on Marginal Information -- Stylized Facts Study through a Multi-Agent Based Simulation of an Artificial Stock Market -- Auctions -- A Variable Bid Increment Algorithm for Reverse English...

This book provides a modular pricing framework which allows the valuation of interest-rate derivatives in a general jump-diffusion setup. Starting with a comparison of three Fourier-style pricing methodologies, the book covers the derivation of Fourier-transform based solutions for different...