In their work, Brigo and Capponi (2010) introduce a numerical approach for calculating credit valuation adjustments (CVA) for credit default swaps (CDS). In contrast to previous research, they consider the default of the party doing the calculation, and its correlation to the defaults of the...

In this paper we address the issue of finding an efficient and flexible numerical approach for calculating survival/default probabilities and pricing Credit Default Swaps under advanced jump dynamics. We have chosen to use the firm's value approach, modeling the firm's value by an...

This book is the first comprehensive treatment of structural credit risk models for the simultaneous and consistent pricing of corporate securities. Through the development of a flexible economic framework based on the firm's EBIT, the reader is taken from the economic principles of firm value...

My interest in this research topic was inspired by the apparently global consensus on the mandate for central clearing in the credit default swaps market. At the first glance, the central clearing mechanism with its central counterparties is the hero who saved many market participants from...