Title :
Parallel numerical simulation of strategic bankruptcy
Author :
Cai, Yu ; Qi, Howard
Author_Institution :
Michigan Technol. Univ., Houghton, MI
Abstract :
In this paper, we extend the strategic default bankruptcy model to predict risky premium on defaultable bonds in a more realistic economic environment. By considering interest rates, taxes and the voltality of business operations, the model becomes considerably complicated, which imposes significant challenges on the mathematical framework as well as the computation power required in simulating the stochastic process. Since it is hard to obtain a closed form analytical solution for the framework, numerical simulation is an alternative. We present a dynamic block allocation algorithm for parallel Quasi-Monte Carlo(QMC) simulation. The convergence speed of the model is also studied. Simulation results show that our model can be used to estimate risk and risk premium in financial economics.
Keywords :
Monte Carlo methods; economics; financial management; forecasting theory; stochastic processes; business operations; dynamic block allocation algorithm; economic environment; financial economics; interest rates; parallel numerical simulation; parallel quasi-Monte Carlo simulation; risky premium prediction; stochastic process; strategic bankruptcy; taxes; Computational modeling; Economic forecasting; Economic indicators; Environmental economics; Finance; Mathematical model; Numerical simulation; Power generation economics; Predictive models; Stochastic processes;
Conference_Titel :
Parallel and Distributed Processing, 2008. IPDPS 2008. IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Miami, FL
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1693-6
Electronic_ISBN :
1530-2075
DOI :
10.1109/IPDPS.2008.4536456