This book probes mathematical issues that arise in modeling interest rate term structure, by casting the interest rate models as stochastic evolution equations in infinite dimensions. The book is comprised of three parts. Part I is a crash course on interest rates, including a statistical analysis of the data and an introduction to some popular interest rate models. Part II is a self-contained introduction to infinite dimensional stochastic analysis, including SDE in Hilbert spaces and Malliavin calculus. Part III presents recent results in interest rate theory, including finite dimensional realizations of HJM models, generalized bond portfolios, and the ergodicity of HJM models.

Investigates interest rate models as stochastic evolution equations in infinite dimensions The three parts of the book offer an introduction to interest rates, a review of infinite dimensional stochastic analysis, and recent results in interest rate theory First book to combine infinite dimensional stochastic analysis with Malliavin calculus and interest rate market models Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Autorentext

René Carmona is the Paul M. Wythes '55 Professor of Engineering and Finance at Princeton University in the department of Operations Research and Financial Engineering, and Director of Graduate Studies of the Bendheim Center for Finance. His publications include over one hundred articles and eight books in probability and statistics. He was elected Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics in 1984, and of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics in 2010. He is on the editorial board of several peer-reviewed journals and book series. Professor Carmona has developed computer programs for teaching statistics and research in signal analysis and financial engineering. He has worked for many years on energy, the commodity markets and more recently in environmental economics, and he is recognized as a leading researcher and expert in these areas.

Inhalt
The Term Structure of Interest Rates.- Data and Instruments of the Term Structure of Interest Rates.- Term Structure Factor Models.- Infinite Dimensional Stochastic Analysis.- Infinite Dimensional Integration Theory.- Stochastic Analysis in Infinite Dimensions.- The Malliavin Calculus.- Generalized Models for the Term Structure of Interest Rates.- General Models.- Specific Models.