- Hull-White model
In
financial mathematics , the Hull-White model is a model of futureinterest rate s. In its most generic formulation, it belongs to the class of no-arbitrage models that are able to fit today's term structure of interest rates. It is relatively straight-forward to translate the mathematical description of the evolution of future interest rates onto a tree or lattice and sointerest rate derivative s such asbermudan swaption s can be valued in the model.The first Hull-White model was described by
John Hull and Alan White in 1990. The model is still popular in the market today.The model
One-factor model
The model is a short-rate model. In general, it has dynamics
:
There is a degree of ambiguity amongst practitioners about exactly which parameters in the model are time-dependent on what name to apply to the model in each case.The most commonly accepted hierarchy has
:θ constant - the
Vasicek model :θ has t dependence - the Hull-White model:θ and α also time-dependent - the extendedVasicek model Two-factor model
The two-factor Hull-White model
pages= pp. 657–658
chapter= Interest Rate Derivatives: Models of the Short Rate
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