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Journal of Finance Vol. 45 No. 1 1990

On Arbitrage‐Free Pricing of Interest Rate Contingent Claims

Peter Ritchken; Kiekie Boenawan1

1 Case Western Reserve University

Abstract

Unlike most interest rate claim models, the Ho‐Lee model utilizes full information on the current term structure. Unfortunately, the model has a major deficiency in that negative interest rates can occur. This article modifies the model such that interest rates are well behaved.

DOI
10.1111/j.1540-6261.1990.tb05091.x
Volume
45
Issue
1
Pages
259-264
Language
en
Sources
openalex crossref

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