Pricing and hedging GDP-linked bonds in incomplete markets

Andrea Consiglio () and Stavros Zenios
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Andrea Consiglio: University of Palermo

Working Papers from European Stability Mechanism

Abstract: We model the super-replication of payoffs linked to a country's GDP as a stochastic linear program on a discrete time and state-space scenario tree to price GDP-linked bonds. As a by-product of the model we obtain a hedging portfolio. Using linear programming duality we compute also the risk premium. The model applies to coupon-indexed and principal-indexed bonds, and allows the analysis of bonds with different design parameters (coupon, target GDP growth rate, and maturity). We calibrate for UK and US instruments, and carry out sensitivity analysis of prices and risk premia to the risk factors and bond design parameters. We also compare coupon-indexed and principal-indexed bonds. Further results with calibrated instruments for Germany, Italy and South Africa shed light on a policy question, whether the risk premia of these bonds make them beneficial for sovereigns. Our findings affirm that designs are possible for both coupon-indexed and principal-indexed bonds that can benefit a sovereign, with an advantage for coupon-indexed bonds. This finding is robust, but a nuanced reading is needed due to the many inter-related risk factors and design parameters that affect prices and premia.

Keywords: contingent bonds; debt restructuring; asset pricing; incomplete markets; risk premia; stochastic programming; super-replication (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C61 C63 D61 E3 E47 E62 F34 G21 G38 H63 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 28 pages
Date: 2018-03-22
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Journal Article: Pricing and hedging GDP-linked bonds in incomplete markets (2018)
Working Paper: Pricing and Hedging GDP-Linked Bonds in Incomplete Markets (2017)
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