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A Brief Look at OU, Vasicek, CIR and Hull-White Models Through Their Actuarial Applications

Volume: 5 Number: 2 September 30, 2021
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A Brief Look at OU, Vasicek, CIR and Hull-White Models Through Their Actuarial Applications

Abstract

Aim: A brief overview of the affine processes, namely the Orntein-Uhlenbeck (OU) process, the Vasicek process, the Cox-Ingersoll-Ross (CIR) process and the Hull-White process, is presented through their important features. The main purpose of this paper is to discuss six very recent actuarial applications of these affine processes that focus on different problems with different stochastic models and different mathematical methods.
Conclusion and Contributions: On one hand, these applications show how to incorporate the corresponding affine processes into the modelling framework. On the one hand they give an insight about the advantages of using these affine processes through mathematical calculations/data analysis.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Finance

Journal Section

Review

Authors

Publication Date

September 30, 2021

Submission Date

September 2, 2021

Acceptance Date

September 7, 2021

Published in Issue

Year 2021 Volume: 5 Number: 2

APA
Kozpınar, S. (2021). A Brief Look at OU, Vasicek, CIR and Hull-White Models Through Their Actuarial Applications. Başkent Üniversitesi Ticari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi, 5(2), 37-49. https://izlik.org/JA88YZ73SR