Finance, economics, and mathematics

Title Page; Copyright; Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface; Part One: Efforts and Opinions; Chapter 1: Introduction to Part I; Chapter 2: Lifetime Achievement Award; Inspiration; Pioneering; Chapter 3: One-on-One Interview with Oldrich Alfons Vasicek; Chapter 4: Credit Superquant; Good Company; Credit Is Due; Part Two: Term Structure of Interest Rates; Chapter 5: Introduction to Part II; Chapter 6: An Equilibrium Characterization of the Term Structure; Abstract; Introduction; Notation and Assumptions; The Term Structure Equation; Stochastic Representation of the Bond Price; A Specific Case

Introduction The Equilibrium Economy; Discrete Consumption Times; Proof of Convergence; Concluding Remarks; References; Chapter 13: Independence of Production and Technology Risks; References; Chapter 14: Risk-Neutral Economy and Zero Price of Risk; Abstract; Introduction; An Economy in Equilibrium; The Risk-Neutral Economy; An Economy with Zero Price of Risk; References; Part Four: Credit; Chapter 15: Introduction to Part IV; Chapter 16: Credit Valuation; The Approach; The Firm's Value; Loan Default; Debt Structure; Capital Flows; Loan Pricing; Portfolio Diversification; Summary

Chapter 17: Probability of Loss on Loan Portfolio Chapter 18: Limiting Loan Loss Probability Distribution; Chapter 19: Loan Portfolio Value; The Limiting Distribution of Portfolio Losses; Properties of the Loss Distribution; The Risk-Neutral Distribution; The Portfolio Market Value; Adjustment for Granularity; Summary; References; Chapter 20: The Empirical Test of the Distribution of Loan Portfolio Losses; Part Five: Markets, Portfolios, and Securities; Chapter 21: Introduction to Part V; Chapter 22: The Efficient Market Model; Introduction and Summary; Risk, Risk Aversion, and Compensation

Measurement of Risk and Return Efficient Market Hypothesis; The Role of the Portfolio in Risk Reduction; The Capital Asset Pricing Model; Generalization of the Model; Conclusion; References; Chapter 23: A Risk Minimizing Strategy for Portfolio Immunization; Abstract; Introduction; Immunization Risk; Appendix: Proof of the Theorem; References; Chapter 24: The Trade off between Return and Risk in Immunized Portfolios; Abstract; Introduction; Portfolio Value and Interest Rate Changes; Immunization Risk; Confidence Intervals; Risk and Return; References