Skiadopoulos, George; Hodges, Stewart; Clewlow, Les - In: Review of Derivatives Research 3 (2000) 3, pp. 263-282
This empirical study is motivated by the literature on “smile-consistent” arbitrage pricing with stochastic volatility. We investigate the number and shape of shocks that move implied volatility smiles and surfaces by applying Principal Components Analysis. Two components are identified...