"Asymmetric Dependence (hereafter, AD) is usually thought of as a cross-sectional phenomenon. Andrew Patton describes AD as "stock returns appear to be more highly correlated during market downturns than during market upturns." (Patton, 2004) Thus at a point in time when the market return is...

CreditRisk+ is an important and widely implemented default- mode model of portfolio credit risk, based on a methodology from acturial mathematics. This book gives an account of the status quo as well as new and recent developments of the credit risk model CreditRisk+, which is widespread in...