This paper studies the market price of credit risk incorporated into one of the most important credit spreads in the financial markets: interest-rate swap spreads. Our approach consists of jointly modeling the swap and Treasury term structures using a four-factor ane credit framework and...

This paper studies the market price of credit risk incorporated into one of the most important credit spreads in the financial markets: interest rate swap spreads. Our approach consists of jointly modeling the swap and Treasury term structures using a general five-factor affine credit framework...

Major events often trigger abrupt changes in stock prices and volatility. We study the implications of jumps in prices and volatility on investment strategies. Using the event-risk framework of Duffie, Pan, and Singleton (2000), we provide analytical solutions to the optimal portfolio problem....