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JEL Classification G13
"Contingent Pricing; Futures Pricing"

These are all the papers that have a JEL assignment (not all authors have given JEL codes to their papers) and that include the G13 classification.     (sorted by date)

Valuing Derivatives: Funding Value Adjustments and Fair Value
by John Hull of University of Toronto, and
Alan White of University of Toronto
(293K PDF) -- 25 pages -- September 16. 2013

Badaoui, Saad, Lara Cathcart, Lina El-Jahel, "Do Sovereign Credit Default Swaps Represent a Clean Measure of Sovereign Default Risk? A Factor Model Approach", Journal of Banking & Finance, Vol. 37, No. 7, (July 2013), pp. 2392-2407.

Is the Jump-Diffusion Model a Good Solution for Credit Risk Modeling? The Case of Convertible Bonds
by Tim Xiao of Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, CIBC
(380K PDF) -- 25 pages -- May 21, 2013

Informationally Dynamized Gaussian Copula
by Stéphane Crépey of University of Evry, France,
Monique Jeanblanc of University of Evry, France, and
Dominique Wu of University of Evry, France
(721K PDF) -- 28 pages -- April 22, 2013

THE FVA-DVA Puzzle: Completing Markets with Collateral Trading Strategies
by Claudio Albanese of Global Valuation Ltd., and
Stefano Iabichino of Global Valuation Ltd.
(393K PDF) -- 12 pages -- April 24, 2013

Interest-Rate Modelling in Collateralized Markets: Multiple curves, credit-liquidity effects, CCPs
by Andrea Pallavicini of Banca IMI, Milan, and
Damiano Brigo of Imperial College, London
(286K PDF) -- 25 pages -- April 5, 2013

A Model for Dependent Defaults and Pricing Contingent Claims with Counterparty Risk
by Dariusz Gatarek of Unicredit, and
Juliusz Jabłecki of National Bank of Poland
(1146K PDF) -- 27 pages -- April 2013

Pricing of Derivatives Contracts under Collateral Agreements: Liquidity and funding value adjustments
by Antonio Castagna of iason Ltd.
(538K PDF) -- 30 pages -- March 20, 2013

Pricing Counterparty Risk Including Collateralization, Netting Rules, Re-Hypothecation and Wrong-Way Risk
by Damiano Brigo of Imperial College London,
Agostino Capponi of Purdue University,
Andrea Pallavicini of Imperial College London, and
Vasileios Papatheodorou of Barclays Capital
(659K PDF) -- 39 pages -- March 2013

CoCo Bonds Valuation with Equity- and Credit-Calibrated First Passage Structural Models
by Damiano Brigo of Imperial College, London,
Joăo Garcia - Independent Consultant, UK, and
Nicola Pede of Imperial College, London
(329K PDF) -- 29 pages -- February 28, 2013

CVA, FVA (and DVA?) with Stochastic Spreads: A feasible replication approach under realistic assumptions
by Luis Manuel García Muńoz of BBVA
(347K PDF) -- 30 pages -- February 23, 2013

On Multi-Particle Brownian Survivals and the Spherical Laplacian
by Bannur S. Balakrishna of Unaffiliated
(443K PDF) -- 17 pages -- February 18, 2013

Bilateral Credit Valuation Adjustment of an Optional Early Termination Clause
by Claudio Nordio of Banco Popolare, and
Lorenzo Giada of Banco Popolare
(175K PDF) -- 10 pages -- January 24, 2013

Funding, Collateral and Hedging: Uncovering the mechanics and the subtleties of funding valuation adjustments
by Andrea Pallavicini of Banca IMI, Milan,
Daniele Perini of Mediobanca, Milan, and
Damiano Brigo of Imperial College, London
(422K PDF) -- 38 pages -- December 13, 2012

CDS Pricing under Basel III: Capital relief and default protection
by Chris Kenyon of Lloyds Banking Group, and
Andrew Green of Lloyds Banking Group
(812K PDF) -- 16 pages -- November 22, 2012

Default Swap Games Driven by Spectrally Negative Lévy Processes
by Masahiko Egami of Kyoto University,
Tim S.T. Leung of Columbia University, and
Kazutoshi Yamazaki of Osaka University
(680K PDF) -- 34 pages -- September 27, 2012

Risk Premia and Optimal Liquidation of Defaultable Securities
by Tim Leung of Columbia University, and
Peng Liu of Johns Hopkins University
(758K PDF) -- 30 pages -- September 25, 2012

CVA, WWR, Hedging and Bermudan Swaption
by Ali Boukhobza of Grupo Santander, and
Jerome Maetz of Grupo Santander
(487K PDF) -- 14 pages -- August 2012

Finite Maturity Optimal Stopping of Levy Processes with Running Cost, Stopping Cost and Terminal Gain
by Budhi Arta Surya of Bandung Institute of Technology
(338K PDF) - 20 pages -- July 30, 2012

Illustrating a problem in the self-financing condition in two 2010-2011 papers on funding, collateral and discounting
by Damiano Brigo of King's College London,
Cristin Buescu of King's College London,
Andrea Pallavicini of Banca IMI, and
Qing Liu of King's College London
(119K PDF) -- 8 pages -- July 17, 2012

Counterparty Risk FAQ: Credit VaR, PFE, CVA, DVA, Closeout, Netting, Collateral, Re-hypothecation, WWR, Basel, Funding, CCDS and Margin Lending
by Damiano Brigo of King's College, London
(570K PDF) -- 57 pages -- June 19, 2012

A Framework for Pricing and Risk Management of Loans with Embedded Options
by Bernd Engelmann of the Quantsolutions
(236K PDF) -- 23 pages -- May 30, 2012

On Break-even Correlation: The way to price structured credit derivatives by replication
by Jean-David Fermanian of Crest-Ensae, and
Olivier Vigneron of J.P. Mprgan
(213K PDF) -- 18 pages -- April 11, 2012

Examining what Best Explains Corporate Credit Risk: Accounting-based versus market-based models
by Antonio Trujillo-Ponce of Universidad Pablo de Olavide de Sevilla,
Reyes Samaniego-Medina of Universidad Pablo de Olavide de Sevilla, and
Clara Cardone-Riportella of Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
(184K PDF) -- 44 pages -- April 2012

Qui, Jiaping, Fan Yu, "Endogenous Liquidity in Credit Derivatives", Journal of Financial Economics, Vol. 103, No. 3, (March 2012), pp. 611-631.

Funding Valuation Adjustment: A consistent framework including CVA, DVA, collateral, netting rules and re-hypothecation
by Andrea Pallavicini of Banca IMI, Milan,
Daniele Perini of Mediobanca, Milan, and
Damiano Brigo of King's College, London
(260K PDF) -- 23 pages -- December 12, 2011

Dynamic Interactions Between Interest-Rate and Credit Risk: Theory and evidence on the credit default swap term structure
by Ren-Raw Chen of Fordham University,
Xiaolin Chen of Morgan Stanley, and
Liuren Wu of the City University of New York
(256K PDF) -- 24 pages -- September 2011

Dynamics of Dependence in Collateralized Debt Obligations
by Barbara Choroś-Tomczyk of Humboldt-Universität, Berlin,
Wolfgang Karl Härdle of Humboldt-Universität, Berlin, and
Ludger Overbeck of Giessen University
(430K PDF) -- 17 pages -- August 12, 2011

Funding, Liquidity, Credit and Counterparty Risk: Links and implications
by Antonio Castagna of the iason Ltd.
(256K PDF) -- 24 pages -- July 28, 2011

Pricing Swaps Including Funding Costs
by Antonio Castagna of the iason Ltd.
(243K PDF) -- 19 pages -- July 28, 2011

Lévy Subordinator Model: A two parameter model of default dependency
by B.S. Balakrishna - Unaffiliated, India
(667K PDF) -- 39 pages -- June 28, 2011

Impact of the First to Default Time on Bilateral CVA
by Damiano Brigo of the King's College, London,
Cristin Buescu of the King's College, London, and
Massimo Morini of the Banca IMI & Bocconi University, Milan
(204K PDF) -- 14 pages -- June 20, 2011

Interest Rate Derivative Pricing when Banks are Risky and Markets are Illiquid
by Geoffrey R. Harris of the Illinois Institute of Technology, and
Tao L. Wu of the Illinois Institute of Technology
(2,144K PDF) -- 60 pages -- May 17, 2011

Collateralized CDS and Default Dependence: Implications for the central clearing
by Masaaki Fujii of the University of Tokyo, and
Akihiko Takahashi of the University of Tokyo
(511K PDF) -- 17 pages -- April 11, 2011

Optimal Timing to Purchase Options
by Tim Leung of Johns Hopkins University, and
Mike Ludkovski of the University of California, Santa Barbara
(384K PDF) -- 25 pages -- April 5, 2011

Pricing Synthetic CDOs based on Exponential Approximations to the Payoff Function
by Ian Iscoe of Algorithmics Inc.,
Ken Jackson of the University of Toronto,
Alex Kreinin of Algorithmics Inc., and
Xiaofang Ma of the University of Toronto
(230K PDF) -- 29 pages -- April 4, 2011

Derivative Pricing under Asymmetric and Imperfect Collateralization and CVA
by Masaaki Fujii of the University of Tokyo, and
Akihiko Takahashi of the University of Tokyo
(1355K PDF) -- 37 pages -- March 31, 2011

The Impact of Margin Interest on the Valuation of Credit Default Swaps
by Yu Hang Kan of the Columbia University, and
Claus Pedersen of the Barclays Capital
(950K PDF) -- 38 pages -- March 4, 2011

Modeling Credit Contagion via the Updating of Fragile Beliefs
by Luca Benzoni of Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago,
Pierre Collin-Dufresne of Columbia University,
Robert S. Goldstein of University of Minnesota, and
Jean Helwege of University of South Carolina
(1128K PDF) -- 42 pages -- February 28, 2011

Pricing Basket Default Swaps in a Tractable Shot-noise Model
by Alexander Herbertsson of the University of Gothenburg,
Jiwook Jang of the Macquarie University, and
Thorsten Schmidt of the Chemnitz University of Technology
(683K PDF) -- 18 pages -- January 25, 2011

Counterparty Risk Subject To ATE
by Richard Zhou of Citigroup
(760K PDF) -- 24 pages -- January 14, 2011

Unilateral CVA for CDS in Contagion model: With volatilities and correlation of spread and interest
by Qunfang Bao of the Zhejiang University,
Si Chen of the Zhejiang University,
Guimei Liu of the Zhejiang University City College, and
Shenghong Li of the Zhejiang University
(379K PDF) -- 21 pages -- December 27, 2010

Survival Measures and Interacting Intensity Model: With applications in guaranteed debt pricing
by Qunfang Bao of the Zhejiang University,
Shenghong Li of the Zhejiang University, and
Guimei Liu of the Zhejiang University City College
(255K PDF) -- 27 pages -- December 25, 2010

American Step-up and Step-down Credit Default Swaps Under Lévy Models
by Tim S.T. Leung of the Johns Hopkins University, and
Kazutoshi Yamazaki of the Osaka University
(561K PDF) -- 24 pages -- December 25, 2010

The Impossible Trio in CDO Modeling
by Emmanuel Schertzer of the Barclays Capital,
Yadong Li of the Barclays Capital, and
Umer Khan of the Barclays Capital
(211K PDF) -- 12 pages -- November 30, 2010

Dangers of Bilateral Counterparty Risk: The fundamental impact of closeout conventions
by Damiano Brigo of the King's College, London, and
Massimo Morini of the Banca IMI
(561K PDF) -- 24 pages -- November 16, 2010

The Role of Market-Implied Severity Modeling for Credit VaR
by J. Samuel Baixauli of the University of Murcia, Spain, and
Susana Alvarez of the University of Murcia, Spain
(551K PDF) -- 17 pages -- November 2010

Explicit Solutions to Optimal Risk-Averse Trading of Defaultable Bonds Under Heterogeneous Beliefs
by Tim S.T. Leung of the Johns Hopkins University
(514K PDF) -- 27 pages -- October 22, 2010

Completing CVA and Liquidity: Firm-level positions and collateralized trades
by Chris Kenyon of DEPFA Bank Plc.
(2,511K PDF) -- 19 pages -- September 16, 2010

Risky Funding: A unified framework for counterparty and liquidity charges
by Massimo Morini of Banca IMI, and
Andrea Prampolini of Banca IMI
(562K PDF) - 16 pages -- August 30, 2010

Default Risk Modeling Beyond the First-Passage Approximation: Extended Black-Cox Model
by Yuri Katz of Qubit Technology Center, and
Nikolai Shokhirev of Qubit Technology Center
(2,891K PDF) -- 34 pages -- June 2010

Discounting Revisited: Valuations under funding costs, counterparty risk and collateralization
by Christian P. Fries of DZ Bank AG
(307K PDF) -- 30 pages -- May 30, 2010

CDO Pricing: Copula implied by risk neutral dynamics
by Sébastien Hitier of BNP Paribas, and
Eric Huber of Ecole Polytechnique
(358K PDF) -- 38 pages -- May 4, 2010

Lévy Subordinator Model of Default Dependency
by BS Balakrishna of unaffiliated
(351K PDF) -- 12 pages -- April 14, 2010

Exposure at Default Model for Contingent Credit Line
by Pinaki Bag of Union National Bank, Abu Dhabi
(325K PDF) -- 26 pages -- April 1, 2010

An Exponential Approximation to the Hockey Stick Function
by Ian Iscoe of Algorithmics Inc.,
Ken Jackson of the University of Toronto,
Alex Kreinin of Algorithmics Inc., and
Xiaofang Ma of the Bank of Montreal
(267K PDF) -- 24 pages -- March 19, 2010

Credit Default Swaps Liquidity Modeling: A survey
by Damiano Brigo of Imperial College,
Mirela Predescu of  Lloyds TSB, and
Agostino Capponi of the California Institute of Technology
(436K PDF) -- 36 pages -- March 20, 2010

An Analysis of the Determinants of Credit Default Swap Spread Changes Before and During the Subprime Financial Turmoil
by Antonio Di Cesare of the Bank of Italy, and
Giovanni Guazzarotti of the Bank of Italy
(711K PDF) - 45 pages -- March 2010

Credit Models and the Crisis, or: How I learned to stop worrying and love the CDOs
by Damiano Brigo of Imperial College,
Andrea Pallavicini of Banca Leonardo, and
Roberto Torresetti of BBVA
(2,106K PDF) -- 66 pages -- February 17, 2010

Bilateral Counterparty Risk Valuation for Interest-rate Products: Impact of volatilities and correlations
by Damiano Brigo of Imperial College & Fitch Solutions,
Andrea Pallavicini of Banca Leonardo, and
Vasileios Papatheodorou of Fitch Solutions
(451K PDF) -- 23 pages -- February 3, 2010

Double Impact on CVA for CDS: Wrong-Way Risk with Stochastic Recovery
by Hui Li of AIG
(319K PDF) -- 17 pages -- January 18, 2010

Downturn LGD: A spot recovery approach
by Hui Li of AIG
(337K PDF) -- 23 pages -- January 18, 2010

Is there a Distress Risk Anomaly? Corporate bond spread as a proxy for default risk
by Deniz Anginer of University of Michigan, and
Çelim Yıldızhan of University of Michigan
(492K PDF) -- 47 pages -- January 18, 2010

A Spot Stochastic Recovery Extension of the Gaussian Copula
by Norddine Bennani of Barclays Capital, and
Jerome Maetz of Barclays Capital
(379K PDF) -- 21 pages -- January 2010

Credit Calibration with Structural Models: The Lehman case and equity swaps under counterparty risk
by Damiano Brigo of Imperial College & Fitch Solutions,
Massimo Morini of Banca IMI, and
Marco Tarenghi of Banca Leonardo
(238K PDF) -- 21 pages -- December 22, 2009

Clustered Defaults
by Jin-Chuan Duan of the National University of Singapore
(371K PDF) -- 31 pages -- December 17, 2009

Bilateral Counterparty Risk Valuation with Stochastic Dynamical Models and Application to Credit Default Swaps
by Damiano Brigo of Imperial College & FitchSolutions,
Agostino Capponi of the California Institute of Technology
(371K PDF) -- 32 pages -- November 18, 2009

The Effects of Default Correlation on Corporate Bond Credit Spreads
by Bill Bobey of the University of Toronto
(236K PDF) -- 47 pages -- November 2009

Credit Gap Risk in a First Passage Time Model with Jumps
by Natalie Packham of the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management,
Lutz Schloegl of Nomura International Plc, and
Wolfgang Schmidt of the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management
(625K PDF) -- 39 pages -- November 2009

Extension of Spot Recovery Model for Gaussian Copula
by Hui Li of AIG
(192K PDF) -- 20 pages -- October 17, 2009

Implied Multi-Factor Model for Bespoke CDO Tranches and other Portfolio Credit Derivatives
by Igor Halperin of JP Morgan
(638K PDF) -- 41 pages -- October 14, 2009

Dynamic Hedging of Synthetic CDO Tranches with Spread Risk and Default Contagion
by Rüdiger Frey of the Universität Leipzig, and
Jochen Backhaus of the Universität Leipzig
(304K PDF) -- 22pages -- October 6, 2009

The Valuation of Correlation-Dependent Credit Derivatives Using a Structural Model
by John Hull of the University of Toronto,
Mirela Predescu of the Oxford University, and
Alan White of the University of Toronto
(195K PDF) -- 36 pages -- October 2009

Pricing CDOs with State Dependent Stochastic Recovery Rates
by Salah Amraoui of BNP Paribas,
Laurent Cousot of BNP Paribas,
Sébastien Hitier  of BNP Paribas, and
Jean-Paul Laurent of Université Lyon 1
(436K PDF) -- 38 pages -- September, 9, 2009

Recovery Rates and Macroeconomic Conditions: The role of loan covenants
by Zhipeng Zhang of Boston College
(428K PDF) -- 59 pages -- September 2, 2009

Credit Dynamics in a First Passage Time Model with Jumps
by Natalie Packham of the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management,
Lutz Schlögl of Nomura International Plc, and
Wolfgang M. Schmidt of the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management
(564K PDF) -- 34 pages -- September 2009

Stressing Rating Criteria Allowing for Default Clustering: The CPDO case
by Roberto Torresetti of Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, and
Andrea Pallavicini of Banca Leonardo
(653K PDF) -- 37 pages -- September 4, 2009

The Dynamics of Sovereign Credit Risk
by Alexandre Jeanneret of the University of Lausanne & Swiss Finance Institute
(1,337K PDF) -- 48 pages -- August 4, 2009

Bankruptcy Codes, Liquidation Timing, and Debt Valuation
by Max Bruche of CEMFI
(374K PDF) -- 51 pages -- July 2009

Pricing and Hedging CLOs with Implied Factor Models
by Jovan Nedeljkovic of R 2 Financial Technologies,
Dan Rosen of R 2 Financial Technologies & the Fields Institute, and
David Saunders of the University of Waterloo
(6,148K PDF) -- 40 pages -- June 15, 2009

The Economic Role of Jumps and Recovery Rates in the Market for Corporate Default Risk
by Paul Schneider of the University of Warwick,
Leopold Sögner of Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna, and
Tanja Veža of Vienna University of Economics and Business
(498K PDF) -- 60 pages -- May 14, 2009

Credit Risk Spreads in Local and Foreign Currencies
by Dan Galai of Sigma Group, Israel, and
Zvi Wiener of Hebrew University of Jerusalem
(947K PDF) -- 21 pages -- May 2009

Charting a Course Through the CDS Big Bang
by Johan Beumee of FitchSolutions,
Damiano Brigo of FitchSolutions,
Gareth Stoyle of FitchSolutions, and
Daniel Schiemert of FitchSolutions
(110K PDF) -- 13 pages -- April 7, 2009

Lévy Density Based Intensity Modeling of the Correlation Smile
by Balakrishna Bannur -- Unaffiliated
(197K PDF) -- 17 pages -- April 6, 2009

Valuation of Loan CDS and Synthetic Loan CDO with Prepayment Risk
by Michael Hong Liang of Industrial Bank (China) Co., LTD.
(117K PDF) -- 12 pages -- March 23, 2009

Do Not Forget the Cancellation: Marking-to-market and hedging LCDX tranches
by Péter Dobránszky of Finalyse SA, FORTIS Bank, & Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, and
Wim Schoutens of Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
(176K PDF) -- 5 pages -- March 11, 2009

A Unified Framework for Pricing Credit and Equity Derivatives
by Erhan Bayraktar of the University of Michigan, and
Bo Yang of the University of Michigan
(354K PDF) -- 28 pages -- March 2009

Credit Spread Changes within Switching Regimes
by Olfa Maalaoui of HEC Montreal,
Georges Dionne of HEC Montreal, and
Pascal François of HEC Montreal
(314K PDF) -- 52 pages -- February, 12, 2009

Multi-Scale Time-changed Birth Processes for Pricing Multi-name Credit Derivatives
by Erhan Bayraktar of the University of Michigan, and
Bo Yang of the University of Michigan
(303K PDF) -- 23 pages -- February 12, 2009

A Comparative Analysis of CDO Pricing Models under the Factor Copula Framework
by Xavier Burtschell of BNP-Paribas,
Jon Gregory - Consultant, and
Jean-Paul Laurent of Université de Lyon & BNP-Paribas
(541K PDF) -- 34 pages -- February 20, 2009

Distressed Debt Prices and Recovery Rate Estimation
by Xin Guo of the University of California, Berkeley,
Robert A. Jarrow of the Cornell University & Kamakura Corp., and
Haizhi Lin of the Cornell University
(383K PDF) -- 39 pages -- January 26, 2009

Climbing Down from the Top: Single name dynamics in credit top down models
by Igor Halperin of JP Morgan, and
Pascal Tomecek of JP Morgan
(847) -- 34 pages -- January 22, 2009

Background Filtrations and Canonical Loss Processes for Top-Down Models of Portfolio Credit Risk
by Philippe Ehlers of ETH Zurich, and
Philipp J. Schönbucher of ETH Zurich
(536K PDF) -- 25 pages -- January 2009

Implied Market Loss Given Default in the Czech Republic: Structural-model approach
by Jakub Seidler of Czech National Bank & Charles University in Prague, and
Petr Jakubík of Czech National Bank & Charles University in Prague
(515K PDF) -- 21 pages -- January 2009

Valuing CDOs of Bespoke Portfolios with Implied Multi-Factor Models
by Dan Rosen of the Fields Institute and R2 Financial Technologies, and
David Saunders of the University of Waterloo
(431K PDF) -- 29 pages -- December 10, 2008

Joint Modelling of CDS and LCDS Spreads with Correlated Default and Prepayment Intensities and with Stochastic Recovery Rate
by Péter Dobránszky of Finalyse SA, FORTIS Bank, & Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
(238K PDF) -- 18 pages -- November 13, 2008

A Value at Risk Analysis of Credit Default Swaps
by Burkhart Raunig of the Oesterreichische Nationalbank, and
Martin Scheicher of the European Central Bank
(931K PDF) -- 34 pages -- November 2008

Counterparty Risk for Credit Default Swaps: Impact of spread volatility and default correlation
by Damiano Brigo of FitchSolutions & Imperial College, and
Kyriakos Chourdakis of FitchSolutions & University of Essex
(220K PDF) -- 19 pages -- October 3, 2008

Specification Analysis of Structural Credit Risk Models
by Jing-zhi Huang of Pennsylvania State University, and
Hao Zhou of the Federal Reserve Board
(338K PDF) -- 44 pages -- October 2008

Explaining the Level of Credit Spreads: Option-implied jump risk premia in a firm value model
by K.J. Martijn Cremers of Yale University,
Joost Driessen of the University of Amsterdam, and
Pascal Maenhout of INSEAD
(303K PDF) -- 34 pages -- September 2008

Portfolio Credit Risk: A model of correlated credit losses dynamics and the inverse-gamma approximation
by Ridha M. Mahfoudhi of Laval University & National Bank of Canada
(426K PDF) -- 34 pages -- August 2008

Generic Lévy One-factor Models for the Joint Modelling of Prepayment and Default: Modelling LCDX
by Péter Dobránszky of Finalyse SA, FORTIS Bank & Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, and
Wim Schoutens of Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
(216K PDF) -- 14 pages -- July 29, 2008

Pricing Synthetic CDO Tranches in a Model with Default Contagion using the Matrix-Analytic Approach
by Alexander Herbertsson of the University of Gothenburg
(409K PDF) -- 31 pages -- July 14, 2008

Determinants of Sovereign Risk: Macroeconomic fundamentals and the pricing of sovereign debt
by Jens Hilscher of Brandeis University, and
Yves Nosbusch of the London School of Economics
(413K PDF) -- 66 pages -- July 2008

Counterparty Risk Valuation for Energy-commodities Swaps: Impact of volatilities and correlation
by Damiano Brigo of FitchSolutions & Imperial College,
Kyriakos Chourdakis of FitchSolutions & University of Essex, and
Imane Bakkar of FitchSolutions
(345K PDF) -- 21 pages -- June 24, 2008

A No-Arbitrage Analysis of Economic Determinants of the Credit Spread Term Structure
by Liuren Wu of Baruch College, and
Frank Xiaoling Zhang of Morgan Stanley
(205K PDF) -- 16 pages -- June 2008

How has CDO Market Pricing Changed During the Turmoil: Evidence from CDS index tranches
by Martin Scheicher of the European Central Bank
(1,006K PDF) -- 46 pages -- June 2008

Pricing Distressed CDOs with Base Correlation and Stochastic Recovery
by Martin Krekel of UniCredit
(156K PDF) -- 11 pages -- May 22, 2008

A Simple Robust Link Between American Puts and Credit Insurance
by Peter Carr of Bloomberg, L.P. & Courant Institute, and
Liuren Wu of Baruch College
(240K PDF) -- 36 pages -- May 7, 2008

Optimal Dynamic Hedging of Cliquets
by Andrea Petrelli of Credit-Suisse,
Jun Zhang of Credit-Suisse,
Olivia Siu of Natixis, and
Rupak Chatterjee of Citi, and
Vivek Kapoor of Citi
(1,255K PDF) -- 49 pages -- May 2008

Hedging Default Risks of CDOs in Markovian Contagion Models
by Jean-Paul Laurent of the Université Lyon 1 & BNP Paribas
Areski Cousin of the Université Lyon 1, and
Jean-David Fermanian of BNP Paribas
(220K PDF) -- 31 pages -- April 8, 2008

Valuation of Default-sensitive Claims under Imperfect Information
by Delia Coculescu of ETH Zürich,
Hélyette Geman of Birkbeck University & ESSEC, and
Monique Jeanblanc of the Université d'Évry Val d'Essonne & Europlace Institute of Finance
(791K PDF) -- 24 page -- April 2008

Counterparty Risk and Contingent CDS Valuation Under Correlation Between Interest-Rates and Default
by Damiano Brigo of FitchSolutions & Imperial College, London, and
Andrea Pallavicini of Banca Leonardo
(201K PDF) -- 19 pages -- March 26, 2008

Multiscale Intensity Models and Name Grouping for Valuation of Multi-Name Credit Derivatives
by Evan Papageorgiou of Princeton University, and
Ronnie Sircar of Princeton University
(378K PDF) -- 29 pages -- March 3, 2008

Dynamic Pricing of Synthetic Collateralized Debt Obligations
by Robert Lamb of Imperial College,
William Perraudin of Imperial College, and
Astrid van Landschoot of Standard & Poor's
(217K PDF) -- 24 pages -- March 2008

The Static Hedging of CDO Tranche Correlation Risk
by Michael B. Walker of the University of Toronto
(177K PDF) -- 15 pages -- February 5, 2008

CDO Pricing with Nested Archimedean Copulas
by Marius Hofert of the Universität Ulm, and
Matthias Scherer of Technische Universität München
(613K PDF) -- 26 pages -- January 24, 2008

Linking Credit Risk Premia to the Equity Premium
by Tobias Berg of the Technische Universität München, and
Christoph Kaserer of the Technische Universität München
(437K PDF) -- 36 pages -- January 6, 2008

Risk Premia in Structured Credit Derivatives
by Andreas Eckner of Stanford University
(377K PDF) -- 49 pages -- January 5, 2008

Credit Derivatives and Risk Aversion
by Tim Leung of Johns Hopkins University,
Ronnie Sircar of Princeton University, and
Thaleia Zariphopoulou of Oxford University & the University of Texas at Austin
(268K PDF) -- 15 page -- December 2007

Arbitrage-free Pricing of Credit Index Options: The no-armageddon pricing measure and the role of correlation after the subprime crisis
by Massimo Morini of Banca IMI & Bocconi University, and
Damiano Brigo of FitchSolutions & Imperial College
(295K PDF) -- 25 pages -- December 2007

Default Contagion in Large Homogeneous Portfolios
by Alexander Herbertsson of Göteborg University
(1,512K PDF) -- 24 pages -- November 10, 2007

An Exact Formula for Default Swaptions Pricing in the SSRJD Stochastic Intensity Model
by Damiano Brigo of Q-SCI, DerivativeFitch, and
Naoufel El-Bachir of the University of Reading
(315K PDF) -- 18 pages -- November 8, 2007

Flexing the Default Barrier
by Gregor Dorfleitner of Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration,
Paul Schneider of Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, and
Tanja Veža of Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration
(7,397K PDF) -- 26 pages -- November 7, 2007

Dynamic Copulas: Applications to finance and economics
by Daniel Totouom-Tangho of MINES ParisTech
(3,209K PDF) -- 158 pages -- November 6, 2007

Modeling of CPDOs Identifying Optimal and Implied Leverage
by Jochen Dorn of the Université Paris1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
(673K PDF) -- 38 pages -- November 2007

Credit Spreads on Corporate Bonds and the Macroeconomy in Japan
by Kiyotaka Nakashima of Kyoto Gakuen University, and
Makoto Saito of Hitotsubashi University
(535K PDF) -- 39 pages -- November 2007

Firm Heterogeneity and Credit Risk Diversification
by Samuel G. Hanson of Harvard University,
M. Hashem Pesaran of the University of Cambridge & University of Southern California, and
Til Schuermann of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York & Wharton Financial Institutions Center
(527K PDF) -- 46 pages -- November 2007

Advanced Credit Portfolio Modeling and CDO Pricing
by Ernst Eberlein of the University of Freiburg,
Rüdiger Frey of the University of Leipzig, and
Ernst August von Hammerstein of the University of Freiburg
(329K PDF) -- 27 pages -- September 14, 2007

Comparison Results for Exchangeable Credit Risk Portfolios
by Areski Cousin of the University of Lyon, and
Jean-Paul Laurent of the University of Lyon & BNP Paribas
(318K PDF) -- 23 pages -- March 5, 2008

Simultaneous Calibration to a Range of Portfolio Credit Derivatives with a Dynamic Discrete-Time Multi-Step Markov Loss Model
by Michael Walker of the University of Toronto
(225K PDF) -- 26 pages -- August 29, 2007

Decomposing Swap Spreads
by Peter Feldhütter of the Copenhagen Business School, and
David Lando of the Copenhagen Business School and Princeton University
(498K PDF) -- 58 pages -- August 24, 2007

Break on Through to the Single Side
by Dilip Madan of the University of Maryland, and
Wim Schoutens of Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
(163K PDF) -- 20 pages -- July 26, 2007

Volatility and Jump Risk Premia in Emerging Market Bonds
by John M. Matovu of Makerere University
(520K PDF) -- 27 pages -- July 2007

Modelling Default Contagion using Multivariate Phase-type Distributions
by Alexander Herbertsson of Göteborg University
(832K PDF) -- 35 pages -- April 16, 2007

Capital Structure Arbitrage: Model choice and volatility calibration
by Claus Bajlum of Danmarks Nationalbank & Copenhagen Business School, and
Peter Tind Larsen of the University of Aarhus
(425K PDF) -- 44 pages -- May 29, 2007

Delayed Default Dependency and Default Contagion
by B.S. Balakrishna -- Unaffiliated
(169K PDF) -- 13 pages -- May 15, 2007

On Recovery And Intensity's Correlation: A new class of credit risk models
by Raquel M. Gaspar of the Technical University Lisbon, and
Irina Slinko of Swedbank, AB
(713K PDF) -- 29 pages -- July 2007

Implied Expected Tranched Loss Surface from CDO Data
by Roberto Torresetti of Banca IMI,
Damiano Brigo of Banca IMI, and
Andrea Pallavicini of Banca IMI
(677K PDF) -- 13 pages -- May 8, 2007

Calibration of CDO Tranches with the Dynamical Generalized-Poisson Loss Model
by Damiano Brigo of Banca IMI,
Andrea Pallavicini of Banca IMI, and
Roberto Torresetti of Banca IMI
(299K PDF) -- 35 pages -- May 3, 2007

Two-Dimensional Markovian Model for Dynamics of Aggregate Credit Loss
by Andrei V. Lopatin of NumeriX LLC, and
Timur Misirpashaev of NumeriX LLC
(584K PDF) -- 27 pages -- May 3, 2007

Correlation Expansions for CDO Pricing
by Paul Glasserman of Columbia University, and
Sira Suchintabandid of Columbia University
(442K PDF) -- 24 pages -- May 2007

Pricing Tranched Credit Products with Generalized Multifactor Models
by Manuel Moreno of the University of Castilla La-Mancha,
Juan Ignacio Peńa of Universidad Carlos III, Madrid, and
Pedro Serrano of the University of Basque Country
(420K PDF) -- 44 pages -- May 2007

Risk Neutral versus Objective Loss Distribution and CDO Tranches Valuation
by Roberto Torresetti of Banca IMI,
Damiano Brigo of Banca IMI, and
Andrea Pallavicini of Banca IMI
(213K PDF) -- 13 pages -- April 13, 2007

Forward-Start CDO's, Options on CDO's, and Calibration
by Michael B. Walker of the University of Toronto
(162K PDF) -- 17 pages -- March 27, 2007

A Semi-Analytical Parametric Model for Dependent Defaults
by B.S. Balakrishna -- Unaffiliated
(266K PDF) -- 29 pages -- March 21, 2007

BSLP: Markovian Bivariate Spread-Loss Model for Portfolio Credit Derivatives
by Matthias Arnsdorf of JP Morgan, and
Igor Halperin of JP Morgan
(845K PDF) -- 42 pages -- March 2007

Loss Distribution Evaluation for Synthetic CDOs
by Ken Jackson of the University of Toronto,
Alex Kreinin of Algorithmics, Inc., and
Xiaofang Ma of the University of Toronto
(213k PDF) -- 26 pages -- February 12, 2007

Valuation of Forward Starting CDOs
by Ken Jackson of the University of Toronto, and
Wanhe Zhang of the University of Toronto
(123K PDF) -- 15 pages -- February 10, 2007

Multiscale Intensity Models for Single Name Credit Derivatives
by Evan Papageorgiou of Princeton University, and
Ronnie Sircar of Princeton University
(413K PDF) -- 31 pages -- February 7, 2007

Idiosyncratic Risk, Systematic Risk and Stochastic Volatility: An Implementation of Merton's Credit Risk Valuation
by Hayette Gatfaoui of Groupe ESC Rouen & the University of Technology, Sydney
(1,434K PDF) -- 51 pages -- February 2007

Pricing of Credit Default Index Swap Tranches with One-Factor Heavy-Tailed Copula Models
by Dezhong Wang of the University of California, Santa Barbara,
Svetlozar T. Rachev of the University of Karlsruhe & University of California, Santa Barbara, and
Frank J. Fabozzi of Yale University
(220 K PDF) -- 34 pages -- February 2007

CDOs in Chains
by Johan de Kock of Fraunhofer ITWM,
Holger Kraft of the University of Kaiserslautern, and
Mogens Steffensen of the University of Copenhagen
(144K PDF) -- 9 pages -- January 24, 2007

CDO Valuation: Term Structure, Tranche Structure, and Loss Distributions
by Michael B. Walker of the University of Toronto
(237K PDF) -- 26 pages -- January 19, 2007

A Note on the Risk Management of CDOs
by Jean-Paul Laurent of the Université Lyon 1 & BNP Paribas
(249K PDF) -- 17 pages -- January 2007

Beyond the Gaussian Copula: Stochastic and local correlation
by Xavier Burtschell of BNP Paribas,
Jon Gregory of Barclays Capital, and
Jean-Paul Laurent of ISFA Actuarial School, University of Lyon
(445K PDF) -- 27 pages -- January 2007

Modeling Defaultable Securities with Recovery Risk
by Lotfi Karoui of McGill University
(456K PDF) -- 52 pages -- January 2007

Lévy Simple Structural Models
by Martin Baxter of Nomura International plc
(134K PDF) -- 12 pages -- December 22, 2006

Extending Gaussian Copula with Jumps to Match Correlation Smile
by Geng Xu of Wachovia Securities
(192K PDF) -- 8 pages -- December 18, 2006

Distribution-Invariant Risk Measures, Entropy, and Large Deviations
by Stefan Weber of Cornell University
(246K PDF) -- 24 pages -- December 4, 2006

Credit Derivatives Pricing with a Smile-Extended Jump Stochastic Intensity Model
by Damiano Brigo of Banca IMI, and
Naoufel El-Bachir of the University of Reading
(655K PDF) -- 22 pages -- December 5, 2006

Explaining Credit Default Swap Spreads with the Equity Volatility and Jump Risks of Individual Firms
by Benjamin Yibin Zhang of Fitch Ratings,
Hao Zhou of the Federal Reserve Board, and
Haibin Zhu of the Bank for International Settlements
(376K PDF) -- 50 pages -- December 2006

Pricing Interest Rate-Sensitive Credit Portfolio Derivatives
by Philippe Ehlers of ETH Zurich, and
Philipp J. Schönbucher of ETH Zurich
(326K PDF) -- 34 pages -- December 2006

Currency Mismatches and Corporate Default Risk: Modeling, Measurement, and Surveillance Applications
by Jorge A. Chan-Lau of the International Monetary Fund, and
Andre O. Santos of the International Monetary Fund
(513K PDF) -- 13 page -- December 2006

Pricing k-th-to-default Swaps Under Default Contagion: The matrix-analytic approach
by Alexander Herbertsson of Göteborg University, and
Holger Rootzen of Chalmers University of Technology
(448K PDF) -- 27 pages -- November 27, 2006

Inflation Uncertainty, Asset Valuations, and the Credit Spreads Puzzle
by Alexander David of the University of Calgary
(692K PDF) -- 56 pages -- November 2006

Beyond Hazard Rates: A new framework for credit-risk modeling
by Dorje C. Brody of the Imperial College,
Lane P. Hughston of King's College London, and
Andrea Macrina of King's College London
(339K PDF) -- 27 pages -- November 2006

Valuing Credit Derivatives Using an Implied Copula Approach
by John Hull of the University of Toronto, and
Alan White of the University of Toronto
(431K PDF) -- 41 pages -- November 2006

Default and Information
by Kay Giesecke of Stanford University
(433K PDF) -- 23 pages -- November 2006

The Delivery Option in Credit Default Swaps
by Rainer Jankowitsch of Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration,
Rainer Pullirsch of the Bank Austria-Creditanstalt, and
Tanja Veža of Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration
(428K PDF) -- 33 pages -- October 18, 2006

Default Risk, Bankruptcy Procedures and the Market Value of Life Insurance Liabilities
by An Chen of the University of Bonn, and
Michael Suchanecki of the University of Bonn
(1,409K PDF) -- 37 pages -- October 3, 2006

Liquidity and Credit Risk
by Jan Ericsson of McGill University, and
Olivier Renault of the London School of Economics
(298K PDF) -- 32 pages -- October 2006

Monte Carlo Simulation of Economic Capital Requirement And Default Protection Premium
by Amit Kulkarni of the National Institute of Bank Management
(834K PDF) -- 35 pages -- September 20, 2006

Understanding the Role of Recovery in Default Risk Models: Empirical Comparisons and Implied Recovery Rates
by Gurdip Bakshi of the University of Maryland,
Dilip Madan of the University of Maryland, and
Frank Zhang of the Morgan Stanley
(875K PDF) -- 33 pages -- September 6, 2006

Are Corporates' Target Leverage Ratios Time-Dependent?
by Cho-Hoi Hui of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority
Chi-Fai Lo of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and
Ming-Xi Huang of the Chinese University of Hong Kong
(227K PDF) -- 17 pages -- September 2006

A Jump to Default Extended CEV Model: An application of Bessel processes
by Peter Carr of Bloomberg & NYU Courant Institute, and
Vadim Linetsky of Northwestern University
(284K PDF) -- 25 pages -- September 2006

Credit Derivatives with Recovery of Market Value for Multiple Firms
by Keiichi Tanaka of Tokyo Metropolitan University
(161K PDF) -- 16 pages -- September 2006

Measuring Provisions for Collateralised Retail Lending
by Cho-Hoi Hui of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority,
Chi-Fai Lo of the Chinese University of Hong Kong,
Tak-Chuen Wong of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, and
Po-Kong Man of the Chinese University of Hong Kong
(383K PDF) - 19 pages -- July 2006

Portfolio Losses and the Term Structure of Loss Transition Rates: A new methodology for the pricing of portfolio credit derivatives
by Philipp J. Schönbucher of ETH Zürich
(350K PDF) -- 27 pages -- June 2006

Yongjun, Dragon and Tangy Hong Yanz, " Macroeconomic Conditions, Firm Characteristics, and Credit Spreads", Journal of Financial Services Research, Vol. 29, No. 3, (June 2006), pp. 177-210.

Copulas from Infinitely Divisible Distributions: Applications to Credit Value at Risk
by Thomas Moosbrucker of the University of Cologne
(274K PDF) -- 26 pages -- June 2006

An Implied Loss Model
by Martijn van der Voort of Abn Amro Bank & Erasmus University Rotterdam
(343K PDF) -- 26 pages -- May 11, 2006

Bankruptcy, Counterparty Risk, and Contagion
by Holger Kraft of the University of Kaiserslautern, and
Mogens Steffensen of the University of Copenhagen
(424K PDF) -- 66 pages -- May 5, 2006

Levy Process Dynamic Modelling of Single-Name Credits and CDO Tranches
by Martin Baxter of Nomura International, plc
(91K PDF) -- 10 pages -- April 27, 2006

A New Risk Indicator and Stress Testing Tool: A Multifactor N th -to-Default CDS Basket
by Renzo G. Avesani of the International Monetary Fund,
Antonio García Pascual of the International Monetary Fund, and
Jing Li of the International Monetary Fund
(509K PDF) -- 25 pages -- April 2006

A Dynamic Programming Approach for the Valuation of Callable Corporate Bonds within the CIR Framework
by Luca Passalacqua of the Universitŕ di Roma La Sapienza
(236K PDF) -- 16 pages -- March 21, 2006

Dynamic Modelling of Single-name Credits and CDO Tranches
by Martin Baxter of Nomura International, plc
(96K PDF) -- 9 pages -- March 20, 2006

A Dynamic Programming Approach for Pricing CDS and CDS Options
by Hatem Ben-Ameur of HEC Montréal,
Damiano Brigo of Banca IMI, and
Eymen Errais of Stanford University
(230K PDF) -- 22 pages -- March 18, 2006

Double Exponential Jump Diffusion Process: A Structural Model of Endogenous Default Barrier with Roll-over Debt Structure
by Binh Dao of the Université Paris Dauphine, and
Monique Jeanblanc of the Université d'Évry
(388K PDF) -- 20 pages -- March 9, 2006

Pricing CDOs with Correlated Variance Gamma Distributions
by Thomas Moosbrucker of the University of Cologne
(289K PDF) -- 31 pages -- February 2006

Semi-Analytical Valuation of Basket Credit Derivatives in Intensity-Based Models
by Allan Mortensen of Goldman Sachs International
(322K PDF) -- 47 pages -- January 13, 2006

Pricing and Hedging of Contingent Credit Lines
by Elena Loukoianova of the International Monetary Fund,
Salih N. Neftci of CUNY, and
Sunil Sharma of the International Monetary Fund
(1,082K PDF) -- 26 pages -- January 2006

The Influence of FX Risk on Credit Spreads
by Philippe Ehlers of ETH Zürich, and
Philipp Schönbucher of ETH Zürich
(372K PDF) -- 35 pages -- January 2006

Hedging and Asset Allocation for Structured Products
by Robert Lamb of Imperial College,
Vladislav Peretyatkin of Imperial College, and
William Perraudin of Imperial College
(161K PDF) -- 25 pages -- December 2005

Do We Need to Worry About Credit Risk Correlation?
by Abel Elizalde of CEMFI & Universidad Pública de Navarra
(395K PDF) -- 41 pages -- December 2005

Pricing Default Swaps: Empirical Evidence
by Patrick Houweling of Erasmus University Rotterdam and Rabobank Int'l, and
Ton Vorst of Erasmus University Rotterdam and ABN Amro
(437K PDF) -- 26 pages -- December 2005

Structural Recovery of Face Value at Default
by Rajiv Guha of CPIM, London, and
Alessandro Sbuelz of the University of Verona
(323K PDF) -- 33 pages -- December 2005

Are European Corporate Bond and Default Swap Markets Segmented?
by Didier Cossin of IMD, Lausanne, and
Hongze Lu of IMD & HEC, University of Lausanne,
(291K PDF) -- 39 pages --  November 28, 2005

Modeling the Term Structure of Defaultable Bonds under Recovery Risk
by Lotfi Karoui of McGill University
(394K PDF) -- 38 pages -- November 17, 2005

CDS Calibration with Tractable Structural Models Under Uncertain Credit Quality
by Damiano Brigo of Banca IMI, and
Massimo Morini of the Universitŕ di Milano - Bicocca
(213K PDF) -- 13 pages -- November 2005

Quadratic Models for Portfolio Credit Risk with Shot-Noise Effects
by Raquel M. Gaspar of Stockholm School of Economics, and
Thorsten Schmidt of the University of Leipzig
(1,461K PDF) -- 61 pages -- November 2005

How Important Is Sovereign Risk in Determining Corporate Default Premia? The Case of South Africa
by Marcel Peter of Swiss National Bank, and
Martin Grandes of the American University of Paris
(928K PDF) -- 64 pages -- November 2005

Dynamic Copula Processes: A new way of modelling CDO tranches
by Daniel Totouom of BNP Paribas, and
Margaret Armstrong of École des Mines de Paris
(796K PDF) -- 23 pages -- November 2005

An Incomplete-Market Model for Collateralized Debt Obligations
by Michael B. Walker of the University of Toronto
(227K PDF) -- 24 pages -- October 27, 2005

Benchmarking Model of Default Probabilities of Listed Companies
by Cho-Hoi Hui of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority,
Tak-Chuen Wong of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority
Chi-Fai Lo of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and
Ming-Xi Huang of the The Chinese University of Hong Kong
(2,054K PDF) -- 11 pages -- September 2005

How Good is Merton Model at Assessing Credit Risk? Evidence from India
by Amit Kulkarni of the National Institute of Bank Management,
Alok Kumar Mishra of the National Institute of Bank Management, and
Jigisha Thakker of the National Institute of Bank Management
(302K PDF) -- 49 pages -- Fall 2005

Insider Trading in Credit Derivatives
by Viral V. Acharya of the London Business School, and
Timothy C. Johnson of the London Business School
(299K PDF) -- 45 pages -- September 2005

Explaining Credit Default Swap Spreads with Equity Volatility and Jump Risks of Individual Firms
by Benjamin Yibin Zhang of Fitch Ratings,
Hao Zhou of the Federal Reserve Board, and
Haibin Zhu of the Bank for International Settlements
(370K PDF) -- 45 pages -- September 2005

A Model of Corporate Bond Pricing with Liquidity and Marketability Risk
by Pierre Tychon of the European Investment Bank,
Vincent Vannetelbosch of the Université catholique de Louvain
(279K PDF) -- 36 pages -- Summer 2005

On the Equivalence of the KMV and Maximum Likelihood Methods for Structural Credit Risk Models
by Jin-Chuan Duan of the University of Toronto,
Genevičve Gauthier of HEC, and
Jean-Guy Simonato of HEC
(256K PDF) -- 22 pages -- June 15, 2005

Credit Default Swap Valuation with Counterparty Risk
by Seng Yuen Leung of HSBC, and
Yue Kuen Kwok of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
(140K PDF) -- 21 pages -- June 2005

Collateralized Debt Obligations Pricing and Factor Models: A new methodology using Normal Inverse Gaussian distributions
by Dominique Guegan of Ecole Normale Supérieure de Cachan, and
Julien Houdain of Ecole Normale Supérieure de Cachan & Fortis Investments
(3,312K PDF) --29 pages -- June 2005

Credit Default Swap Prices as Risk Indicators of Large German Banks
by Klaus Düllmann of Deutsche Bundesbank, and
Agnieszka Sosinska of the Universität Frankfurt
(467K PDF) -- 33 pages -- June 2005

Extending the Merton Model: A Hybrid Approach to Assessing Credit Quality
by Alexandros Benos of the University of Piraeus, and
George Papanastasopoulos University of Peloponnese
(260K PDF) -- 34 pages -- June 2005

Fast and Robust Monte Carlo CDO Sensitivities and their Efficient Object Oriented Implementation
by Marius G. Rott of DZ Bank, and
Christian P. Fries of DZ Bank
(610K PDF) -- 32 pages -- May 31, 2005

A Formula for Interest Rate Swaps Valuation under Counterparty Risk in presence of Netting Agreements
by Damiano Brigo of Banca IMI,
Massimo Masetti of Banca IMI
(264K PDF) -- 31 pages -- May 4, 2005

The Pricing of Unexpected Credit Losses
by Jeffery D. Amato of the Bank for International Settlements, and
Eli M. Remolona of the Bank for International Settlements
(254K PDF) -- 41 pages -- May 2005

Factor Copulas: Totally External Defaults
by Martijn van der Voort of ABN AMRO bank and Erasmus University Rotterdam
(246K PDF) -- 21 pages -- April 8, 2005

Philps, Daniel and Solomon Peters, " Expected Loss and Fair Value Over the Credit Cycle", Journal of Credit Risk, Vol. 1, No. 2, (Spring 2005), pp. 35-49.

From Default Probabilities to Credit Spreads: Credit risk models do explain market prices
by Stefan M. Denzler of Converium Ltd.,
Michel M. Dacorogna of Converium Ltd.,
Ulrich A. Müller of Converium Ltd., and
Alexander J. McNeil of Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH)
(408K PDF) -- 18 pages -- March 22, 2005

Estimating Structural Bond Pricing Models
by Jan Ericsson of McGill University, and
Joel Reneby of the Stockholm School of Economics
(504K PDF) -- 29 pages -- March 2005

Eberhart, Allan C., " A Comparison of Merton's Option Pricing Model of Corporate Debt Valuation to the Use of Book Values", Journal of Corporate Finance, Vol. 11, No. 1-2, (March 2005), pp. 401-426.

Credit Default Swap Calibration and Counterparty Risk Valuation with a Scenario based First Passage Model
by Damiano Brigo of Banca IMI, and
Marco Tarenghi of Banca IMI
(226K PDF) -- 22 pages -- April 29, 2005

Do Major Financial Crises Provide Information on Sovereign Risk to the Rest of the World? A Look at Credit Default Swap Markets
by Didier Cossin of IMD International and FAME, and
Gero Jung of Fame, and the Graduate Institute of International Studies
(2,778K PDF) -- 35 pages -- March 2005

Pricing Callable Bonds with Stochastic Interest Rate and Stochastic Default Risk: A 3D Finite Difference Model
by David Wang of Hsuan Chuang University
(62K PDF) -- 10 pages -- February 2005

Yu, Fan, " Accounting Transparency and the Term Structure of Credit Spreads", Journal of Financial Economics, Vol. 75, No. 1, (January 2005), pp. 53-84.

Efficient Pricing of Default Risk: Different approaches for a single goal
by Damiano Brigo of Banca IMI, and
Massimo Morini of the University of Milan Bicocca
(99K PDF) -- 10 pages -- 2005

Lando, David and Allen Mortensen, " On the Pricing of Step-Up Bonds in the European Telecom Sector", Journal of Credit Risk, Vol. 1, No. 1, (Winter 2004/05), pp. 71-110.

An Evaluation of the Base Correlation Framework for Synthetic CDOs
by Sřren Willemann of the Aarhus School of Business
(334K PDF) -- 25 pages -- December 20, 2004

Cyclical Correlations, Credit Contagion, and Portfolio Losses
by Kay Giesecke of Cornell University, and
Stefan Weber of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
(351K PDF) -- 28 pages -- December 2004

Credit Risk Modeling and Valuation: An Introduction
by Kay Giesecke of Cornell University
(467K PDF) -- 67 pages -- October 24, 2004

A Comparison Between the Stochastic Intensity SSRD Model and the Market Model for CDS Options Pricing
by Damiano Brigo of Banca IMI, and
Laurent Cousot of Courant Institute
(257K PDF) -- 28 pages -- September 12, 2004

Credit Default Swaps Calibration and Option Pricing with the SSRD Stochastic Intensity and Interest-Rate Model
by Damiano Brigo of Banca IMI, and
Aurélien Alfonsi of Banca IMI
(257K PDF) -- 29 pages -- August 13, 2004

Grundke, Peter and Karl O. Riedel, " Pricing the Risks of Default: A note on Madan and Unal", Review of Derivatives Research, Vol. 7, No. 2, (August 2004), pp. 169-173.

Double Default Correlation
by Martijn van der Voort of Erasmus University Rotterdam & ABN AMRO
(478K PDF) -- 26 pages -- July 17, 2004

Default Greeks Under an Objective Probability Measure
by Tom E. S. Farmen of the Norwegian School of Science and Technology Management,
Stein-Erik Fleten of the Norwegian School of Science and Technology Management,
Sjur Westgaard of the Norwegian School of Science and Technology Management, and
Nico van der Wijst of the Norwegian School of Science and Technology Management
(344K PDF) -- 31 pages -- July 9, 2004

Correlated Default with Incomplete Information
by Kay Giesecke of Cornell University
(339K PDF) -- 25 pages -- July 2004

The Contingent Claims Approach to Corporate Vulnerability Analysis: Estimating Default Risk and Economy-wide Risk Transfer
by Michael T. Gapen of the International Monetary Fund,
Dale F. Gray of Macro Financial Risk Corporation & Consultant to the Macro Financial Risk Project at Moody's Investors Service,
Cheng Hoon Lim of the International Monetary Fund, and
Yingbin Xiao of the International Monetary Fund
(925K PDF) -- 44 pages -- July 2004

A Simple Model for Credit Migration and Spread Curves
by Li Chen of Princeton University, and
Damir Filipović of the Federal Office of Private Insurance, Switzerland
(257K PDF) -- 28 pages -- May 26, 2004

Estimating the Term Structure of Yield Spreads from Callable Corporate Bond Price Data
by Antje Berndt of Cornell University
(389K PDF) -- 43 pages -- April 16, 2004

Kijima, Masaaki and Yusuke Miyake, " On the Term Structure of Lending Interest Rates When a Fraction of Collateral is Recovered Upon Default", Japan Journal of Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Vol. 21, No. 1, (February 2004), pp. 35-56.

Classification and Rating of Firms in the Presence of Financial and Non-financial Information
by Thomas Mählmann of the University of Cologne
(422K PDF) -- 23 pages -- February 2004

Valuing Euro Rating-Triggered Step-Up Telecom Bonds
by Patrick Houweling of Erasmus University,
Albert Mentink of Erasmus University & AEGON Asset Management, and
Ton Vorst of Erasmus University & ABN Amro
(935K PDF) -- 39 pages -- January 27, 2004

A Simple Exponential Model for Dependent Defaults
by Kay Giesecke of Cornell University
(213K PDF) -- 20 pages -- December 2003

Pricing the Risk of Default: Are Bonds Enough?
by Daniel Gomez of the University of Lausanne, and
Boris Nikolov of the University of Lausanne
(467K PDF) -- 71 pages -- October 19, 2003

Jokivuolle, Esa and Samu Peura, " Incorporating Collateral Value Uncertainty in Loss Given Default Estimates and Loan-to-value Ratios", European Financial Management, Vol. 9, No. 3, Helsinki School of Economics and the Bank of Finland (September 2003), page 299.

Basket Default Swaps, CDO's and Factor Copulas
by Jean-Paul Laurent of the University of Lyon & BNP Paribas, and
Jon Gregory of BNP Paribas
(293K PDF) -- 21 pages -- September 2003

Pricing Vulnerable Black-Scholes Options with Dynamic Default Barriers
by Cho-Hoi Hui of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority,
Chi-Fai Lo of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and
Hon Chor Lee of the Chinese University of Hong Kong
(664K PDF) -- 8 pages -- Summer 2003

A General Framework for Pricing Credit Risk
by Alain Bélanger of Scotia Capital,
Steven E. Shreve of Carnegie Mellon University, and
Dennis Wong of Bank of America Corporation
(313K PDF) -- 40 pages -- April 16, 2003

Pricing Corporate Bonds with Dynamic Default Barriers
by Cho-Hoi Hui of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority,
Chi-Fai Lo of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and
Shun-Wai Tsang of the Chinese University of Hong Kong
(202K PDF) -- 22 pages -- Spring 2003

Successive Correlated Defaults: Pricing trends and simulation
by Kay Giesecke of Cornell University
(255K PDF) -- 28 pages -- April 30, 2003

Modeling Default Dependence with Threshold Models
by Ludger Overbeck of Deutsche Bank AG, and
Wolfgang Schmidt of Hochschule für Bankwirtschaft
(229K PDF) -- 17 pages -- March 18, 2003

Modelling Dynamic Portfolio Credit Risk
by Ebbe Rogge of the Imperial College of London & ABN AMRO Bank, and
Philipp J. Schönbucher of EHT Zurich
(379K PDF) -- 28 pages -- February 2003

An Empirical Study of Credit Default Swaps
by Frank Skinner of the University of Reading, and
Antonio Díaz of the Universidad de Castilla - la Mancha
(233K PDF) -- 34 pages -- January 2003

Valuing Corporate Liabilities When the Default Threshold is not an Absorbing Barrier
by Franck Moraux of the Université de Rennes
(343K PDF) -- 37 pages -- 2003

Exploring for the Determinants of Credit Risk in Credit Default Swap Transaction Data: Is fixed-income markets information sufficient to evaluate credit risk
by Daniel Aunon-Nerin of the University of Lausanne & Fame,
Didier Cossin of HEC, University of Lausanne, IMD & Fame,
Tomas Hricko of HEC, University of Lausanne & Fame, and
Zhijiang Huang of the University of Lausanne & Fame
(2,407K PDF) -- 74 pages -- December 2002

Estimation of Default Probability by Three-Factor Structural Model
by Cho-Hoi Hui of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority,
Chi Fai Lo of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and
Ming Xi Huang of the Chinese University of Hong Kong
(273K PDF) -- 14 pages -- October 10, 2002

Taken to the Limit: Simple and Not-so-simple Loan Loss Distributions
by Philipp J. Schönbucher of Bonn University
(410K PDF) -- 23 pages -- August 2002

Optimal Default Boundary in Discrete Time Models
by Agata Altieri of the Universitá di Padova, and
Tiziano Vargiolu of the Universitá di Padova
(212K PDF) -- 16 pages -- June 2002

Valuation Model of Defaultable Bond Values in Emerging Markets
by Cho-Hoi Hui of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, and
Chi-Fai Lo of the Chinese University of Hong Kong
(158K PDF) -- 16 pages -- June 2002

On Risk Neutral Pricing of CDOs
by Roy Mashal of the Columbia Business School
(175K PDF) -- 16 pages -- April 1, 2002

Barnhill Jr., Theodore M. and William F. Maxwell, " Modeling Correlated Market and Credit Risk in Fixed Income Portfolios", Journal of Banking & Finance, Vol. 26, No. 2-3, (March 2002), pp. 347-374.

Is Default Event Risk Priced in Corporate Bonds?
by Joost Driessen of the University of Amsterdam
(275K PDF) -- 48 pages -- March 2002

Pricing Multiname Credit Derivatives: Heavy Tailed Hybrid Approach
by Roy Mashal  of the Columbia Business School, and
Marco Naldi of Lehman Brothers, Inc.
(506K PDF) -- 28 pages -- January 7, 2002

Copula-Dependent Default Risk in Intensity Models
by Philipp J. Schönbucher of Bonn University, and
Dirk Schubert of Bonn University
(299K PDF) -- 30 pages -- December 2001

Zhou, Chunsheng, " The Term Structure of Credit Spreads with Jump Risk", Journal of Banking & Finance, Vol. 25, No. 11, (November 2001), pp. 2015-2040.

Pricing the Risk of Recovery in Default with Absolute Priority Rule Violation
by Haluk Unal of the University of Maryland,
Dilip Madan of the University of Maryland, and
Levent Güntay of the University of Maryland
(200K PDF) -- 32 pages -- August 3, 2001

Credit Switch
by Karan Bhanot of the University of Texas
(83K PDF) -- 28 pages -- July 31, 2001

On Modelling Credit Risk Using Arbitrage Free Models
by Frank S. Skinner of the University of Reading, and
Antonio Díaz of the Universidad de Castilla - La Mancha
(369K PDF) -- 24 pages -- July 2001

Acharya, Viral V., Sanjiv Ranjan Das, and Rangarajan K. Sundaram.  " Pricing Credit Derivatives with Rating Transitions", Financial Analysts Journal, Vol. 58, No. 3, (May/June 2002), pp. 28-44.

The Joint Estimation of Term Structures and Credit Spreads
by Patrick Houweling of Rabobank Int'l & the University Rotterdam,
Jaap Hoek of Robeco Group,
Frank Kleibergen of Erasmus University Amsterdam
(387K PDF) -- 27 pages -- March 21, 2001

Defaultable Security Valuation and Model Risk
by Aydin Akgün of HEC, University of Lausanne
(972K PDF) 59 pages -- March 2001

Hübner, Georges, " The Analytic Pricing of Asymmetric Defaultable Swaps", Journal of Banking & Finance, Vol. 25, No. 2, University of Liege, (Feb-2001), pp. 295-316.

Factor Models for Portfolio Credit Risk
by Philipp J. Schönbucher of Bonn University
(142K PDF) -- 20 pages -- December 2000

A LIBOR Market Model with Default Risk
by Philipp J. Schönbucher of Bonn University
(254K PDF) -- 30 pages -- December 2000

A Model for Estimating Recovery Rates and Collateral Haircuts for Bank Loans
by Esa Jokivuolle of the Bank of Finland, and
Samu Peura of Leonia plc
(202K PDF) -- 22 pages -- March 14, 2000

On Default Correlation: A copula function approach
by David X. Li of The RiskMetrics Group
(219K PDF) -- 12 pages -- March 2000

Hübner, Georges, " The Analytic Pricing of Asymmetric Defaultable Swaps", Journal of Banking & Finance, Vol. 25, No. 2, (February 2001), pp. 295-316.

A Comparative Analysis of Current Credit Risk Models
by Michel Crouhy of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce,
Dan Galai of the Hebrew University, and
Robert Mark of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
(1,585K PDF) -- 59 pages -- January 2000

Modelling European Credit Spreads
by Jan Annaert of the Erasmus University Rotterdam and University of Antwerp, and
Marc J.K. De Ceuster University of Antwerp - UFSIA
(425K PDF) -- 56 pages -- September 1999

A Two-Factor Hazard-Rate Model for Pricing Risky Debt and the Term Structure of Credit Spreads
by Dilip Madan of the University of Maryland, and
Haluk Unal of the University of Maryland
(1,109K PDF) -- 32 pages -- June 28, 1999

A Model of Corporate Bond Prices with Dynamic Capital Structure
by Miikka Taurén of Indiana University
(569K PDF) -- 51 pages -- April 19, 1999

Estimating the price of default risk
by Gregory R. Duffee of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors
(284K PDF) -- 30 pages -- Spring 1999

A Comparison of Bond Pricing Models in the Pricing of Credit Risk
by Miikka Taurén of Indiana University
(473K PDF) -- 53 pages -- March 10, 1999

Schönbucher, Philipp J., " Term Structure Modelling of Defaultable Bonds", Review of Derivatives Research, Vol. 2, No. 2/3 (Fall-1998), pp. 161-192.

Leland, Hayne E. and Klaus Bjerre Toft. " Optimal Capital Structure, Endogenous Bankruptcy, and the Term Structure of Credit Spreads", Journal of Finance, Vol. 51, No. 3, (July 1996), pp. 987-1019.

Duffee Gregory R., " On Measuring Credit Risks of Derivative Instruments", Journal of Banking & Finance, Vol. 20, No. 5, (June 1996), pp. 805-833.

Treasury yields and corporate bond yield spreads: An empirical analysis
by Gregory R. Duffee of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors
(519K PDF) -- 35 pages -- May 1996

Arvanitis, Angelo, Jonathan Gregory, and Jean-Paul Laurent, " Building Models For Credit Spreads", Journal of Derivatives, Vol. 6, No. 3, (Spring 1999), pp. 27-43.

The Direct Approach to Debt Option Pricing
by Sven Rady of the London School of Economics, and
Klaus Sandmann of the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
(765K PDF) -- 29 pages -- March 22, 1995

Cossin, Didier and Hugues Pirotte, " How Well do Classical Credit Risk Pricing Models Fit Swap Transaction Data?", European Financial Management, Vol. 4, No. 1, (March 1998), pp. 65-77.

Lando, David, " On Cox Processes and Credit Risky Securities", Review of Derivatives Research, Vol. 2, No. 2-3, (December 1998), pp. 99-120.

Pierides, Yiannos A., " The Pricing of Credit Risk Derivatives", Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Vol. 21, No. 10, (August 1997), pp. 1579-1611.

Mahoney, James M., " Risk Management of Correlation Products", European Financial Management, Vol. 3, No. 2, (July 1997), pp. 155-174.

Lambrecht, Bart, William Perraudin, "Creditor Races and Contingent Claims", European Economic Review, Vol. 40, No. 3–5, (April 1996), pp. 897-907.

Hull, John and Alan White, " The Impact of Default Risk on the Prices of Options and Other Derivative Securities", Journal of Banking & Finance, Vol. 19, No. 2, (May 1995), pp. 299-322.

Das, Sanjiv Ranjan, " Credit Risk Derivatives", Journal of Derivatives, Vol. 2, No. 3, (Spring 1995), pp. 7-23.

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