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Bonds with volatilities proportional to forward rates

Computational Finance 2009-11-06 v1 Probability Pricing of Securities

Abstract

The problem of existence of solution for the Heath-Jarrow-Morton equation with linear volatility and purely jump random factor is studied. Sufficient conditions for existence and non-existence of the solution in the class of bounded fields are formulated. It is shown that if the first derivative of the Levy-Khinchin exponent grows slower then logarithmic function then the answer is positive and if it is bounded from below by a fractional power function of any positive order then the answer is negative. Numerous examples including models with Levy measures of stable type are presented.

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@article{arxiv.0911.1119,
  title  = {Bonds with volatilities proportional to forward rates},
  author = {Michal Baran and Jerzy Zabczyk},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0911.1119},
  year   = {2009}
}