Die interne Zinsfußmethode wird zu Unrecht kritisiert,wenn man ihr generell eine verborgene Wiederanlageprämisseunterstellt. Der vorliegende Beitrag zeigt, daß insehr vielen Fällen Äquivalenz mit der Kapitalwertmethodebesteht.

A model for the credit risk of a portfolio of market driven financial contracts (for example swaps) is introduced.(...)

(...)Note that no unique, completed theory can be applied to life insurance saving, with different social-economic system across countries, inference in terms of those factors influencing the saving through life insurance in some industrial countries might not be suitable to others....

Variable rate savings accounts have two main features: the client rate is variable and deposits can be invested and withdrawn at any time. The client rate is not always equal to the short rate...

In Übereinstimmung mit der Stellungnahme HFA 2/1983 des Hauptfachausschusses des Institutes der Wirtschaftsprüfer wird in Deutschland bei der Unternehmensbewertung regelmäßig die Ertragswertmethode angewendet.

This paper extends the class of deterministic volatility Heath-Jarrow-Morton (1992) models to a Markov chain stochastic volatility framework allowing for jump discontinuities and a variety of deformations of the term structure of forward rate volatilities. Analytical solutions for the dynamics...

The paper investigates the effect of interest rate policy on price bubbles, trading behavior, and portfolio choice in experimental stock markets. In a series of experiments, participants trade an asset over 15 periods. Alternatively, the participants can invest money in interest-bearing bonds....

This paper discusses the problems that arise from interest subsidies in the UK system of student loans; systems in other countries, for example Australia and New Zealand, face similar problems. The topic appears to be narrow and technical, and of significance only to the most nerdy of...

We empirically analyse the appropriateness of indexing emerging market sovereign debt to USreal interest rates. We find that policy-induced exogenous increases in US rates raise default riskin emerging market economies, as hypothesised in the theoretical literature. However, we also findevidence...

Our main goal is to investigate the question of which interest-rate options valuationmodels are better suited to support the management of interest-rate risk. Weuse the German market to test seven spot-rate and forward-rate models with oneand two factors for interest-rate warrants for the period...