On the strong solution of a class of partial differential equations that arise in the pricing of mortgage backed securities
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ArticleKAUST Department
Applied Mathematics and Computational Science ProgramComputer, Electrical and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering (CEMSE) Division
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2011Permanent link to this record
http://hdl.handle.net/10754/561659
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We consider a reduced form pricing model for mortgage backed securities, formulated as a non-linear partial differential equation. We prove that the model possesses a weak solution. We then show that under additional regularity assumptions on the initial data, we also have a mild solution. This mild solution is shown to be a strong solution via further regularity arguments. We also numerically solve the reduced model via a Fourier spectral method. Lastly, we compare our numerical solution to real market data. We observe interestingly that the reduced model captures a number of recent market trends in this data, that have escaped previous models.Citation
Barlow, N. S., Bayazit, D., Parshad, R. D., & Prasad V., R. (2011). On the strong solution of a class of partial differential equations that arise in the pricing of mortgage backed securities. Communications in Mathematical Sciences, 9(4), 1033–1050. doi:10.4310/cms.2011.v9.n4.a5Publisher
International Press of Bostonae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.4310/cms.2011.v9.n4.a5