Pricing Defaultable Bonds in a Markov Modulated Market

We address the problem of pricing defaultable bonds in a Markov modulated market. Using Merton's structural approach we show that various types of defaultable bonds are combination of European type contingent claims. Thus pricing a defaultable bond is tantamount to pricing a contingent claim in a Markov modulated market. Since the market is incomplete, we use the method of quadratic hedging and minimal martingale measure to derive locally risk minimizing derivative prices, hedging strategies and the corresponding residual risks. The price of defaultable bonds are obtained as solutions to a system of PDEs with weak coupling subject to appropriate terminal and boundary conditions. We solve the system of PDEs numerically and carry out a numerical investigation for the defaultable bond prices. We compare their credit spreads with some of the existing models. We observe higher spreads in the Markov modulated market. We show how business cycles can be easily incorporated in the proposed framework. We demonstrate the impact on spreads of the inclusion of rare states that attempt to capture a tight liquidity situation. These states are characterized by low risk-free interest rate, high payout rate and high volatility.     

Credit spreads, endogenous bankruptcy and liquidity risk

In this paper, we consider a bond valuation model with both credit risk and liquidity risk to show that credit spreads are not negligible for short maturities. We adopt the structural approach to model credit risk, where the default triggering barrier is determined endogenously by maximizing equity value. As for liquidity risk, we assume that bondholders may encounter liquidity shocks during the lifetime of corporate bonds, and have to sell the bond immediately at the price, which is assumed to be a fraction of the price in a perfectly liquid market. Under this framework, we derive explicit expressions for corporate bond, firm value and bankruptcy trigger. Finally, numerical illustrations are presented.     

Bounding Contingent Claim Prices via Hedging Strategy with Coherent Risk Measures

We generalize the notion of arbitrage based on the coherent risk measure, and investigate a mathematical optimization approach for tightening the lower and upper bounds of the price of contingent claims in incomplete markets. Due to the dual representation of coherent risk measures, the lower and upper bounds of price are located by solving a pair of semi-infinite linear optimization problems, which further reduce to linear optimization when conditional value-at-risk (CVaR) is used as risk measure. We also show that the hedging portfolio problem is viewed as a robust optimization problem. Tuning the parameter of the risk measure, we demonstrate by numerical examples that the two bounds approach to each other and converge to a price that is fair in the sense that seller and buyer face the same amount of risk.     

Duality and martingales: a stochastic programming perspective on contingent claims

The hedging of contingent claims in the discrete time, discrete state case is analyzed from the perspective of modeling the hedging problem as a stochastic program. Application of conjugate duality leads to the arbitrage pricing theorems of financial mathematics, namely the equivalence of absence of arbitrage and the existence of a probability measure that makes the price process into a martingale. The model easily extends to the analysis of options pricing when modeling risk management concerns and the impact of spreads and margin requirements for writers of contingent claims. However, we find that arbitrage pricing in incomplete markets fails to model incentives to buy or sell options. An extension of the model to incorporate pre-existing liabilities and endowments reveals the reasons why buyers and sellers trade in options. The model also indicates the importance of financial equilibrium analysis for the understanding of options prices in incomplete markets. Received: June 5, 2000 / Accepted: July 12, 2001?Published online December 6, 2001     

基于担保的中小企业融资的集合票据的定价研究

在简约化模型框架下,考虑担保机构的违约对集合发债融资的中小企业有违约传染的影响,通过引进一个几何双曲线衰减函数,得到了集合票据的定价公式,在此基础上对担保集合票据所隐含的信用风险进行分析.结果表明:担保机构的存在能显著降低集合票据的信用利差,提高其市场发行价格;且有担保下,担保机构的违约传染风险因子越大,相应的集合票据价格就越低,违约概率越大,信用利差越高,担保价值越低.     

Gain�Closs based convex risk limits in discrete-time trading

We present an approach for pricing and hedging in incomplete markets, which encompasses other recently introduced approaches for the same purpose. In a discrete time, finite space probability framework conducive to numerical computation we introduce a gain–loss ratio based restriction controlled by a loss aversion parameter, and characterize portfolio values which can be traded in discrete time to acceptability. The new risk measure specializes to a well-known risk measure (the Carr–Geman–Madan risk measure) for a specific choice of the risk aversion parameter, and to a robust version of the gain–loss measure (the Bernardo–Ledoit proposal) for a specific choice of thresholds. The result implies potentially tighter price bounds for contingent claims than the no-arbitrage price bounds. We illustrate the price bounds through numerical examples from option pricing.     

利率风险与或有权益定价

应用无差异方法研究不完全市场中或有权益的保值和定价问题,并证明了或有权益的价格不仅依赖于或有权益的不可复制部分,而且受利率风险的影响．在最优保值意义下利率风险分解为可控风险和不可控风险．利率的可控风险与资本市场波动有关,可通过套期保值方法避免,可能产生正、零或负的期望收益．利率的不可控风险与资本市场波动无关,无法对冲,而且带来正的期望收益．利率风险的分解有助于更准确地解释或有权益的价格-它受利率的不可控风险影响,而与可控风险无关．当利率的不可控收益与或有权益的不可复制部分正(负)相关时,或有权益的不可复制部分的风险越大导致或有权益的价格越高(低)．     

A reduced-form model with default intensities containing contagion and regime-switching Vasicek processes

The contagion credit risk model is used to describe the contagion effect among different financial institutions. Under such a model, the default intensities are driven not only by the common risk factors, but also by the defaults of other considered firms. In this paper, we consider a two-dimensional credit risk model with contagion and regime-switching. We assume that the default intensity of one firm will jump when the other firm defaults and that the intensity is controlled by a Vasicek model with the coefficients allowed to switch in different regimes before the default of other firm. By changing measure, we derive the marginal distributions and the joint distribution for default times. We obtain some closed form results for pricing the fair spreads of the first and the second to default credit default swaps (CDSs). Numerical results are presented to show the impacts of the model parameters on the fair spreads.     

The effects of asset liquidity on dynamic sell-out and bankruptcy decisions

We develop a dynamic bankruptcy model with asset illiquidity. In the model, a distressed firm chooses between sell-out and default, as well as its timing under the assumption that sell-out is feasible only at Poisson jump times, where the arrival rate of acquirers stands for asset liquidity. With lower asset liquidity, the firm increases the sell-out region to mitigate the risk of not finding an acquirer until bankruptcy. Despite the larger sell-out region, lower asset liquidity increases the default probability and decreases the equity, debt, and firm values. In the optimal capital structure, with lower asset liquidity, the firm reduces leverage, but the cautious capital structure does not fully offset the increased default risk. The stock price reaction caused by sell-out depends on the sell-out timing. When the firm’s asset value is not sufficiently high, the stock price jump size is an inverted U-shape with the economic state variable. Lower asset liquidity increases the jump size due to greater surprise. These results fit empirical observations.     

Cure events in default prediction

This paper evaluates the resurrection event regarding defaulted firms and incorporates observable cure events in the default prediction of SME. Due to the additional cure-related observable data, a completely new information set is applied to predict individual default and cure events. This is a new approach in credit risk that, to our knowledge, has not been followed yet. Different firm-specific and macroeconomic default and cure-event-influencing risk drivers are identified. The significant variables allow a firm-specific default risk evaluation combined with an individual risk reducing cure probability. The identification and incorporation of cure-relevant factors in the default risk framework enable lenders to support the complete resurrection of a firm in the case of its default and hence reduce the default risk itself. The estimations are developed with a database that contains 5930 mostly small and medium-sized German firms and a total of more than 23000 financial statements over a time horizon from January 2002 to December 2007. Due to the significant influence on the default risk probability as well as the bank’s possible profit prospects concerning a cured firm, it seems essential for risk management to incorporate the additional cure information into credit risk evaluation.     

信贷人存货质押贷款中最优质物甄别合同研究

存货抵押贷款中,信用风险主要来源于抵押物价格和流动性风险,信贷人确定适当的利率和贷款价值比能够有效缓释信用风险。对于已知抵押物价格风险和流动性风险,以信贷市场结构作为约束条件,求解出使信贷人期望利率收益最大化合同利率和贷款价值比。当抵押物流动性风险增加时,信贷人最优贷款合同应该是名义利率和贷款价值比均下降;对于抵押物价格波动满足正态分布的情况,若抵押物价格风险增大,信贷人最优贷款合同应该是名义利率和贷款价值比均上升。数值算例的结果基本验证了以上结论,并与现实情况相接近。     

一类索赔相依二元风险模型的破产概率问题研究

考虑一种相依索赔风险模型,模型中假设每次主索赔可随机产生一延迟的副索赔,采用Laplacc变换方法,给出了索赔额服从轻尾分布时的最终破产概率,并研究了重尾分布时最终破产概率的渐进式.     

Application of the fuzzy–stochastic methodology to appraising the firm value as a European call option

The valuing of a firm equity as a call option is a crucial problem in financial decision-making. There are two basic aspects that are studied; contingent claim features (payoff functions) and risk (stochastic process of underlying assets). However, non-preciseness (vagueness, uncertainty) of input data is often neglected. Thus, a combination of risk (stochastic) and uncertainty (fuzzy instruments) could be a useful approach in calculating a firm value as a call option. The Black–Scholes methodology of appraising equity as a European call option is applied. Fuzzy–stochastic methodology under fuzzy numbers (T-numbers) is proposed and described. Fuzzy–stochastic model of appraising a firm equity is proposed. Input data are in a form of fuzzy numbers and result, firm possibility-expected equity value is also determined vaguely as a fuzzy set. Illustrative example is introduced.     

一类相依索赔风险模型的破产概率问题研究

考虑一种相依索赔风险模型,其中每次索赔发生时根据索赔额的大小可随机产生一延迟的副索赔.采用L ap lace变换方法,给出了索赔额服从轻尾分布时的最终破产概率,并研究了重尾分布时最终破产概率的极限上下界.     

金融租赁公司流动性风险研究

为研究金融租赁公司流动性风险,本文首次建立租赁公司现金流过程的多期动态模型,利用该模型定量分析了初始备付金、到期借款续借率和回收租金三个变量对公司流动性风险的影响。随后用违约概率来度量流动性风险,将问题转化成求解状态空间不断增大的非齐次马尔可夫链首中时的概率分布,并设计出违约算法(DA)和蒙特卡洛方法(MC)两种求解首中时分布的算法。算例表明提高初始备付金额度、到期借款续借率以及租金额度能有效地降低流动性风险。最后将银行的存贷利率和不同的租金定价方法融入基本模型,并通过三种不同的租金定价方式进一步分析了承租人信用风险对金融租赁公司流动性风险的影响。     

Empirical Evaluation of Hybrid Defaultable Bond Pricing Models

A four‐factor model (the extended model of Schmid and Zagst) is presented for pricing credit risk related instruments such as defaultable bonds or credit derivatives. It is an advancement of an earlier three‐factor model. In addition to a firm‐specific credit risk factor, a new systematic risk factor in the form of GDP growth rate is included. This new model is set in the context of other hybrid defaultable bond pricing models and empirically compared to specific representatives. We find that a model based only on firm‐specific variables is unable to capture changes in credit spreads completely. However, it is shown that in this model, market variables such as GDP growth rates, non‐defaultable interest rates and firm‐specific variables together significantly influence credit spread levels and changes.     

Contingent claim pricing using probability distortion operators: methods from insurance risk pricing and their relationship to financial theory

This paper considers the pricing of contingent claims using an approach developed and used in insurance pricing. The approach is of interest and significance because of the increased integration of insurance and financial markets and also because insurance-related risks are trading in financial markets as a result of securitization and new contracts on futures exchanges. This approach uses probability distortion functions as the dual of the utility functions used in financial theory. The pricing formula is the same as the Black-Scholes formula for contingent claims when the underlying asset price is log-normal. The paper compares the probability distortion function approach with that based on financial theory. The theory underlying the approaches is set out and limitations on the use of the insurance-based approach are illustrated. The probability distortion approach is extended to the pricing of contingent claims for more general assumptions than those used for Black-Scholes option pricing.     

The Application of backward stochastic differential equation with stopping time in hedging American contingent claims

We consider a more general wealth process with a drift coefficient which is Lipschitz continuous and the portfolio process with convex constraint. We convert the problem of hedging American contingent claims into the problem of minimal solution of backward stochastic differential equation with stopping time. We adopt the penalization method for constructing the minimal solution of stochastic differential equations and obtain the upper hedging price of American contingent claims.     

随机利率情形下跳-扩散模型的未定权益定价

讨论Vasicek短期利率模型下,风险资产的价格过程服从跳-扩散过程的欧式未定权益定价问题,利用鞅方法得到了欧式看涨期权和看跌期权定价公式及平价关系,最后给出了基于风险资产支付连续红利收益的欧式期权定价公式.     

保险联结风险投资模型的赤字问题

保险公司被允许将部分资金投入风险市场,这样保险公司经营的风险来自于未来实际发生索赔的不确定性和投资收益的不确定性。研究了由经典的Cramer-Lundberg模型与按照几何布朗运动股票价格变动的一个风险模型,获得了三种资产分配情况下股票价格波动对赤字发生概率下界的影响。