A major theme of this book is the development of a consistent unified model framework for the evaluation of bond options. In general options on zero bonds (e.g. caps) and options on coupon bearing bonds (e.g. swaptions) are linked by no-arbitrage relations through the correlation structure of...

This paper presents a simple theoretical model of the term structure and analyzes the relations among optimal portfolio decisions, the real term structure of asset returns, and the risks and price volatilities of assets with different terms to maturity when the investor preferences are...