Currency mismatches and corporate default risk : modeling, measurement, and surveillance applications / prepared by Jorge A. Chan-Lau and Andre O. Santos
Contents -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. WHY DO CURRENCY MISMATCHES MATTER? -- III. THE STRUCTURAL APPROACH TO DEFAULT RISK -- IV. THE DIFUSSION MODEL -- V. THE JUMP-DIFFUSION MODEL -- VI. THE DOUBLE EXPONENTIAL JUMP-DIFFUSION MODEL -- VII. SURVEILLANCE APPLICATIONS -- VIII. CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES
Summary
Currency mismatches in corporate balance sheets have been singled out as an important factor underlying the severity of recent financial crises. We propose several structural models for measuring default risk for firms with currency mismatches in their asset/liability structure. The proposed models can be adapted to different exchange rate regimes, are analytically tractable, and can be estimated using available equity price and balance sheet data. The paper provides a detailed explanation on how to calibrate the models and discusses two applications to financial surveillance: the measurement of systematic risk in the corporate sector and the estimation of prudential leverage ratios consistent with regulatory capital ratios in the banking sector
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