Delayed Default Dependency and Default Contagion

Balakrishna, B S (2007): Delayed Default Dependency and Default Contagion.

Abstract

Delayed, hence non-simultaneous, dependent defaults are discussed in a reduced form model. The model is a generalization of a multi-factor model based on simultaneous defaults to incorporate delayed defaults. It provides a natural smoothening of discontinuities in the joint probability densities in models with simultaneous defaults. It is a dynamic model that exhibits default contagion in a multi-factor setting. It admits an efficient Monte Carlo simulation algorithm that can handle heterogeneous collections of credit names. It can be calibrated to provide exact fits to CDX.NA.IG and iTraxx Europe CDOs just as its version with simultaneous defaults.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Default Risk; Default Correlation; Default Contagion; Delayed Default; CDO; Monte Carlo
• Subjects: G - Financial Economics > G1 - General Financial Markets > G13 - Contingent Pricing ; Futures Pricing

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