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
Author: Constantin Siggelkow
Institution: Technical University of Munich
Language: English
Subfield: Finance
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4403552241
