"Pricing Convertible Bonds with Credit Risk: A Duffie-Singleton Approach "(in Japanese)

Abstract

This paper proposes a method to price convertible bonds with credit risk using Duffie-Singleton approach to handle credit risk. As such it also provides a method to replicate convertibles by trading common stocks and corporate bonds of the issuing company. Empirical comparison with existing models which incorporate credit risk is provided using Japanese convertible bond data.