We extend the Cox-Ingersoll-Ross (1985) model of the short interest rate by assuming a stochastic reversion level, which better reflects the time dependence caused by the cyclical nature of the economy or by expectations concerning the future impact of monetary policies. In this framework, we...

This paper explains securitization of insurance risk by describing its essential components and its economic rationale. We use examples and describe recent securitization transactions...

Algorithms for the calculation of the distribution of the aggregate claimsfrom a life insurance portfolio have been derived by Kornya (1983), Hipp(1986) and De Pril (1986 and 1989)...

The aim of this work is to present a method to compute the expected amount of annual claims in the health insurance. We will be especially concerned with the permanent health insurance and compare our numerical results with those computed and published for the permanent health insurance in...

We investigate the effects of fragmentation in equity trading on the quality of the trading outcomes, specifically volatility, liquidity and volume. We use panel regression methods on a weekly dataset following the FTSE350 stocks over the period 2008-2011, which provides a lot of cross-sectional...

We study a longitudinal data model with nonparametric regression functions that may vary across the observed subjects. In a wide range of applications, it is natural to assume that not every subject has a completely different regression function. We may rather suppose that the observed subjects...

We investigate a nonparametric panel model with heterogeneous regression functions. In a variety of applications, it is natural to impose a group structure on the regression curves. Specifically, we may suppose that the observed individuals can be grouped into a number of classes whose members...