This master's-level introduction to mainstream credit risk modelling balances rigorous theory with real-world, post-credit crisis examples.

Marek Capi¿ski is Professor of Applied Mathematics at AGH University of Science and Technology, Kraków. His research interests include mathematical finance, corporate finance, and hydrodynamics. He has been teaching for over 35 years, has held visiting fellowships in Poland and the UK, and has published over fifty research papers and nine books.

Preface; 1. Structural models; 2. Hazard function model and no arbitrage; 3. Defaultable bond pricing with hazard function; 4. Security pricing with hazard function; 5. Hazard process model; 6. Security pricing with hazard process; Appendix; Selected literature; Index.