Pricing vulnerable European options with stochastic default barriers |
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Authors: | Hui CH; Lo CF; Ku KC |
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Institution: |
Research Department, Hong Kong Monetary Authority, 55th Floor, 8, Finance Street, Central, Hong Kong, China
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Abstract: |
CF Lo and KC Ku
Institute of Theoretical Physics and Department of Physics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, China
Email: cho-hoi_hui{at}hkma.gov.hk
Received on 31 July 2006. Accepted on 15 March 2007. This paper develops a valuation model of European options incorporatinga stochastic default barrier, which extends a constant defaultbarrier proposed in the Hull–White model. The defaultbarrier is considered as an option writer's liability. Closed-formsolutions of vulnerable European option values based on themodel are derived to study the impact of the stochastic defaultbarriers on option values. The numerical results show that negativecorrelation between the firm values and the stochastic defaultbarriers of option writers gives material reductions in optionvalues where the options are written by firms with leverageratios corresponding to BBB or BB ratings. |
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Keywords: | option pricing credit risk derivatives |
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