Modelling dependance in collateralied debt obligations with copulas

In this paper we provide a review of credit derivatives, and some of the tools used to model them. We give a basic introduction to copulas and how they are used to model the depedence between single name credit derivatives. We then investigate various features of Gaussian and t copula dependence usi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Linley, Christopher
Other Authors: Becker, Ronald
Format: Dissertation
Language:English
Published: University of Cape Town 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11427/4903