Abstract
dc:description.abstractWe present an equilibrium framework for pricing corporate bonds with information delay in an Epstein-Zin setting. As in structural models of credit risk, the default time is modeled as the first hitting time of a default boundary by the unobservable process; the firm's asset value. The observable state variables; log consumption and volatility are affine processes which drive the unobservable firm's value process. The stochastic pricing kernel is expressed in terms of the state variables. The price of a zero-coupon bond is expressed as the solution of a multidimensional partial differential equation which is solved numerically. Our equilibrium price model is also calibrated to fit available corporate bond and consumption data. Finally, we analyze the implications of investor’s preferences and information delay on the credit yield spreads.
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Mathematics and Statistics
- Grantor dc:publisher.institution
- Graduate Studies
- Year dc:date.issued
- 2017
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Ogunsolu, Mobolaji
- Advisor dc:contributor.advisor
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- Sezer, Deniz
- Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember
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- Frei, Christoph
- Badescu, Alexandru
- Ware, Antony
- David, Alexander
- Liao, Wenyuan
Subjects
dc:subject × 1Rights
dc:rights- Statement dc:rights
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- University of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.
- Language dc:language.iso
- eng
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:ucalgary.scholaris.ca:11023/3929