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### Ho and lee derivation for short rates model

For any $s \geq t$, note that \begin{align*} r_s = r_t + \sigma\int_t^s dW_u + \int_t^s \theta_u du. \end{align*} Then, \begin{align*} \int_t^T r_s ds &= (T-t)r_t + \sigma\int_t^T\int_t^s dW_u ds +...
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### How to get set the theta function in the Hull-White model to replicate the current yield curve

Concerning your first question, this depends on what curve, currency, etc. you are interested in. The general method for constructing yield curves is called bootstrapping which allows you to derive ...
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### What is the purpose of short rate models?

Short rate models were first used in the 1970s and 1980s to try to fit and explain the term structure of interest rates - they went beyond simple parametric shapes (polynomials and exponential forms). ...
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### Why isn't the Vasicek model arbitrage-free?

Short rate models are broadly divided into equilibrium models and no-arbitrage models. The models from Vasicek, Dothan and Cox, Ingersoll and Ross are examples of equilibrium short rate models. The ...
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### QuantLib Gsr model

the model is described in Andersen, Piterbarg: Interest Rate Modeling. The formulas that are acutally implemented are derived here https://ssrn.com/abstract=2246013 Best Peter
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### Differences between main classes of interest pricing derivatives models

I am not sure if you can classify it like that. Mind you, I never wrote a book. I'll write what I know below and you can decide if the classification makes sense or not. 1 ) STIR: as the term ...
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### Ho Lee model in Baxter&Rennie

Here we provide another answer using Ito's calculus. It appears involved, but it also has its own interest. Given the short rate dynamics \begin{align*} dr_t = \nu(r_t, t) dt + \rho(r_t, t) dW_t, \...
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### Basic LIBOR curve question

You wrote Given this, what does the value of 1M LIBOR curve at 1Y point represent? It is a real number X such that: The following deal can be agreed today in the swap market: You will pay me the ...
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### Variance of the Cox-Ingersoll-Ross short rate

The independence assumption is not needed. In fact, based on Ito's isometry and the Fubini theorem, \begin{align*} Var(r_t) &= E\left((r_t-E(r_t))^2 \right)\\ &=\sigma^2 e^{-2\beta t} E\left(\...
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To answer this I sum up a paragraph of "Interest rate models - An Introduction" by A.Cairns: For $i=1,\ldots,d$ consider the OU-processes $$dX^i_t = -\frac 12 \alpha X^i_t dt + \sqrt{\alpha} dW^i_t. ... • 13.2k 3 votes Accepted ### CallableFloatingRateBond in QuantLib: just a matter of multiple inheritance? No, I don't think the raw solution you sketch is going to work. First and foremost, by extracting the cash flows from the bond you're discarding the dynamics of their rate under the Hull/White model ... • 5,543 3 votes ### Timesteps in Vasicek model Yes you can! Any SDE that has an analytic solution can be simulated exactly. The vasicek model has dynamics dr=a(b-r)dt+\sigma dW_t. By Ito's lemma,$$d\left(e^{at}r\right)=e^{at}\left(a(b-r)dt+\...
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You are right. In the CIR++, $\alpha$ parameter is absorbed into $\phi$. With the CIR++, $\phi(t)$ will allow you to have to have negative rates. You will calibrate your $\phi$ to fit the discount ...