A

ABSs (asset-backed securities), 192

Acme, Inc., balance sheets, 67

adjusted market value, 216

advance rates, market-value CDOs, 215-216

Altman s initial Z-score paper, 124-125

Altman, Edward I., 121, 125

American option, 72

arbitrage CDOs versus balance-sheet CDOs, 222

arbitrage motivated CDOs, 198-199

arrival rate, 132

arrivals, 131

asset price volatility, 86

asset value

comparing Black and Cox model and Merton model, 112

sensitivity analysis of Merton model, 102

asset value models, 66

asset volatility

comparing Black and Cox model and Merton model, 111

sensitivity analysis of Merton model, 99-100

asset-backed securities (ABSs), 192

assets, 67

attachment point, 195

B

bad loans, 3

balance sheets

balance sheet motivated CDOs, 197

structural ...

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