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Moment Explosion in the LIBOR Market Model

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In the LIBOR market model, forward interest rates are log-normal under their respective forward measures. This note shows that their distributions under the other forward measures of the tenor structure have approximately log-normal tails.

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  • Stefan Gerhold, 2010. "Moment Explosion in the LIBOR Market Model," Papers 1008.2104, arXiv.org.
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    1. Alan Brace & Dariusz G¸atarek & Marek Musiela, 1997. "The Market Model of Interest Rate Dynamics," Mathematical Finance, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 7(2), pages 127-155, April.
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