Optimal Portfolios with Defaultable Securities: A Firm Value Approach

Posted: 10 Mar 2002

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Ralf Korn

University of Kaiserslautern - Department of Mathematics

Holger Kraft

Goethe University Frankfurt

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Abstract

Credit risk is an important issue of current research in finance. While there is a lot of work on modelling credit risk and on valuing credit derivatives there is no work on continuous-time portfolio optimization with defaultable securities. Therefore, in this paper we solve investment problems with defaultable bonds and stocks. Besides, our approach can be applied to portfolio problems, where the investor has the opportunity to put her wealth into derivatives with counterparty risk or credit derivatives.

Suggested Citation

Korn, Ralf and Kraft, Holger, Optimal Portfolios with Defaultable Securities: A Firm Value Approach. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=301933

Ralf Korn (Contact Author)

University of Kaiserslautern - Department of Mathematics ( email )

D-67653 Kaiserslautern
Germany

Holger Kraft

Goethe University Frankfurt ( email )

Faculty of Economics and Business
Theodor-W.-Adorno-Platz 3
Frankfurt am Main, 60323
Germany

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