Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Foreword; Preface; Part One Lessons Learned in 10 Years of Practice; Chapter 1 Creation of the Method; 1.1 From Artificial Intelligence to Risk Modelling; 1.2 Model Losses or Risks?; Chapter 2 Introduction to the XOI Method; 2.1 A...

We consider the pricing of European-style structured credit payoff in a static framework, where the underlying default times are independent given a common factor. A practical application would consist of the pricing of nth-to-default baskets under the Gaussian copula model (GCM). We provide...

The entire difference between a mild downturn and a devastating crisis is the occurrence of sharp fire sales of domestic assets and possibly foreign exchange and the ensuing collapse in the balance sheets of both the financial and nonfinancial sector. Why and how do such crises materialize? And...

"I describe two amplifications mechanisms that operate during liquidity crises and discuss the scope for central bank policies during crises as well as preventive policies in advance of crises. The first mechanism works through asset prices and balance sheets. A negative shock to the balance...