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Publication date: 1 April 2001

PHILIPP J. SCHÖNBUCHER

This article discusses factor models for portfolio credit. In these models, correlations between individual defaults are driven by a few systematic factors. By conditioning on…

Abstract

This article discusses factor models for portfolio credit. In these models, correlations between individual defaults are driven by a few systematic factors. By conditioning on these factors, defaults observed within are independent. This allows a greater degree of analytical tractability in the model with a realistic dependency structure.

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The Journal of Risk Finance, vol. 3 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1526-5943

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