Stochastic volatility Gaussian Heath-Jarrow-Morton models
Author:
Stoyan Valchev a
| Affiliation: | a University of Zurich - Swiss Banking Institute (ISB) Plattenstrasse 22 8032 Zurich Switzerland stoyanov@isb.unizh.ch. |
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10.1080/1350486042000231902
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Abstract
This paper extends the class of deterministic volatility Heath-Jarrow-Morton 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 of the volatility term structure are obtained. Semimartingale decompositions of the interest rates under a spot and forward martingale measures are identified. Stochastic volatility versions of the continuous time Ho-Lee and Hull-White extended Vasicek models are obtained. Introducing a regime shift in volatility that is an exponential function of time to maturity leads to a Vasicek dynamics with regime switching coefficients of the short rate.
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| Keywords: term structure of interest rates; Heath-Jarrow-Morton model; stochastic volatility; continuous time Markov chains; piecewise-deterministic Markov processes |
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