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An Evaluation Of Credit Default Swap And Default Risk Using Barrier Option, Kevin L. Lam
An Evaluation Of Credit Default Swap And Default Risk Using Barrier Option, Kevin L. Lam
Honors College Theses
Credit default swaps, a traded financial instrument that provides credit protection in exchange for a periodic premium, is at the forefront of the exponential growth in the credit derivatives market, which has revolutionized the way credit risk is managed in recent years. This project offers a review into the application of option pricing theory in the valuation of default risk under a plain vanilla analysis and introduces a theoretical model that uses barrier options as a potential and perhaps more accurate tool for assessing default risk and its implications for valuing credit default swaps.