ABSTRACT

Written in a highly accessible style, A Factor Model Approach to Derivative Pricing lays a clear and structured foundation for the pricing of derivative securities based upon simple factor model related absence of arbitrage ideas. This unique and unifying approach provides for a broad treatment of topics and models, including equity, interest-rate, and credit derivatives, as well as hedging and tree-based computational methods, but without reliance on the heavy prerequisites that often accompany such topics.

Whether being used as text for an intermediate level course in derivatives, or by researchers and practitioners who are seeking a better understanding of the fundamental ideas that underlie derivative pricing, readers will appreciate the book’s ability to unify many disparate topics and models under a single conceptual theme.

 

chapter 2|14 pages

Ito’s Lemma

chapter 3|12 pages

Stochastic Differential Equations

chapter 6|36 pages

Equity Derivatives

chapter 7|58 pages

Interest Rate and Credit Derivatives

chapter 8|24 pages

Hedging

chapter 9|40 pages

Computation of Solutions

chapter 10|22 pages

The Road to Risk Neutrality