Andersen, Torben G.; Bondarenko, Oleg; Todorov, Viktor; … - School of Economics and Management, University of Aarhus - 2013
We analyze the high-frequency dynamics of S&P 500 equity-index option prices by constructing an assortment of implied volatility measures. This allows us to infer the underlying fine structure behind the innovations in the latent state variables driving the movements of the volatility surface....