Enhancing Credit Default Swap Valuation with Meshfree Methods

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  • European Journal of Operational Research

Resumen

  • In this paper, we apply the meshfree radial basis function (RBF) interpolation to numerically approximate zero-coupon bond prices and survival probabilities in order to price credit default swap (CDS) contracts. We assume that the interest rate follows a Cox-Ingersoll-Ross process while the default intensity is described by the Exponential-Vasicek model. Several numerical experiments are conducted to evaluate the approximations by the RBF interpolation for one- and two-factor models. The results are compared with those estimated by the finite difference method (FDM). We find that the RBF interpolation achieves more accurate and computationally efficient results than the FDM. Our results also suggest that the correlation between factors does not have a significant impact on CDS spreads.

fecha de publicación

  • 2011

Líneas de investigación

  • Default Intensity
  • Finite Difference Methods
  • Radial Basis Function Interpolation

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