Optimal Portfolios with Stochastic Interest Rates and Defaultable Assets

This thesis summarizes most of my recent research in the field of portfolio optimization. The main topics which I have addressed are portfolio problems with stochastic interest rates and portfolio problems with defaultable assets. The starting point for my research was the paper "A stochastic c...

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Main Author: Kraft, Holger
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2004, 2004
Edition:1st ed. 2004
Series:Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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505 0 |a 1 Preliminaries from Stochastics -- 1.1 Stochastic Differential Equations -- 1.2 Stochastic Optimal Control -- 2 Optimal Portfolios with Stochastic Interest Rates -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Ho-Lee and Vasicek Model -- 2.3 Dothan and Black-Karasinski Model -- 2.4 Cox-Ingersoll-Ross Model -- 2.5 Widening the Investment Universe -- 2.6 Conclusion -- 3 Elasticity Approach to Portfolio Optimization -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Elasticity in Portfolio Optimization -- 3.3 Duration in Portfolio Optimization -- 3.4 Conclusion -- 3.5 Appendix -- 4 Barrier Derivatives with Curved Boundaries -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Bjork’s Result -- 4.3 Deterministic Exponential Boundaries -- 4.4 Discounted Barrier and Gaussian Interest Rates -- 4.5 Application: Pricing of Defaultable Bonds -- 4.6 Conclusion -- 5 Optimal Portfolios with Defaultable Assets — A Firm Value Approach -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 The Unconstrained Case -- 5.3 From the Unconstrained to the Constrained Case -- 5.4 The Constrained Case -- 5.5 Conclusion -- References -- Abbreviations -- Notations 
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520 |a This thesis summarizes most of my recent research in the field of portfolio optimization. The main topics which I have addressed are portfolio problems with stochastic interest rates and portfolio problems with defaultable assets. The starting point for my research was the paper "A stochastic control ap­ proach to portfolio problems with stochastic interest rates" (jointly with Ralf Korn), in which we solved portfolio problems given a Vasicek term structure of the short rate. Having considered the Vasicek model, it was obvious that I should analyze portfolio problems where the interest rate dynamics are gov­ erned by other common short rate models. The relevant results are presented in Chapter 2. The second main issue concerns portfolio problems with default able assets modeled in a firm value framework. Since the assets of a firm then correspond to contingent claims on firm value, I searched for a way to easily deal with such claims in portfolio problems. For this reason, I developed the elasticity approach to portfolio optimization which is presented in Chapter 3. However, this way of tackling portfolio problems is not restricted to portfolio problems with default able assets only, but it provides a general framework allowing for a compact formulation of portfolio problems even if interest rates are stochastic