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GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY
NAME:CHEAU-MEY, HWANG MONTH/YEAR:JUNE, 1997
ADVISER:Dr. HUNG, MAO-WEI
The Application of Interest Rate Term Structure Theory on the Valuation of the Interest Rate Cap Embedded in Far East Textile'' s #63 Corporate Bond Traditional option pricing theories and term structure theories have disadvantages while evaluating the price of interest rate options. Thus, new interest rate models rise because of demand.
This study applies three different term structure models on the valuation of the cap embedded in Far East Textile''s #63 corporate bond, and sensitivity ana- lyses are followed. These models include Black, Derman, and Toy (1990), Heath, Jarrow, and Morton (1992), and Ritchken and Sankarasubramanian (1992). The valuing results of the three model are quite different that is because of the imperfection of estimation of parameters. About the comparisons of the three models: 1. the BDT model has simple assumption, but is not easy to solve using trial-and-error method; 2. the calculation of the HJM model is extremely time-consuming, thus the model has only a little practical value; 3. the calculation of the RS model is fast, but it may not form a reconnecting interest rate lattice.
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