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4 years ago

Financial crisis sparks need for new market model in interest rates.

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A Market Model of Interest Rates With Dynamic Basis Spreads in the Presence of Collateral and Multiple Currencies
Masaaki Fujii, Yasufumi Shimada, Akihiko Takahashi

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