Chapter 10

Stable Non-Gaussian Models for Credit Risk Management

Bernhard Martin    Institute of Statistics and Mathematical Economics, University of Karlsruhe, Germany

Svetlozar T. Rachev    Department of Statistics and Applied Probability, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA Institute of Statistics and Mathematical Economics, University of Karlsruhe, Germany e-mail: rachev@lsoe-4.wiwi.uni-karlsruhe.de

Eduardo S. Schwartz    Anderson School of Management, University of California, Los Angeles, USA

Abstract

Unlike the credit risk models based on the normal assumption, the model in this chapter assumes credit returns to follow a stable distribution. As empirical studies show, the daily returns of a bond and its credit spread obey a stable law, ...

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