This paper is concerned with the solution of the optimal stopping problem associated to the value of American options driven by continuous-time Markov chains. The valuefunction of an American option ...
The Annals of Statistics, Vol. 39, No. 2 (April 2011), pp. 673-701 (29 pages) The random numbers driving Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) simulation are usually modeled as independent U (0, 1) random ...
We present a methodology for estimating up-jump and down-jump intensities in a continuous-time portfolio credit rating migration model. These intensities are interpreted as systematic factors and can ...