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Partial hedging in credit markets with structured derivatives: a quantitative approach using put options

Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: This study develops a novel method for mitigating credit risk through the use of structured derivatives, focusing in particular on the use of European put options as a strategic hedging tool. Inspired by the work of Merton (1974), our approach introduces the concept of default triggered by the stock price ST breaching a predefined barrier B. By establishing a distributional equivalence between an existing default model and P(ST
Language: English
Subfield: Finance
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4403552241
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