In this paper we explore ways that alleviate problems of nonparametric (artificial neural networks) and parametric option pricing models by combining the two. The resulting enhanced network model is compared to standard artificial neural networks and to parametric models with several historical...

The 1987 stock market crash, the LTCM debacle, the Asian Crisis, the bursting of the high technology Dot-Com bubble of 2001-2 with 30% losses of equity values, events such as 9/11 and sudden corporate collapses of the magnitude of Enron - have radically changed the view that extreme events have...

This paper investigates the dynamics of trade duration and the relationship between price volatility and trade durations for the Morgan Stanley Taiwan stock index futures traded on the Singapore Exchange (SGX). It is found that the conditional expected trade durations are significantly related...

We consider American versions of multiple asset options when the underlying assets follow jump-diffusion processes, for example exchange options and max-options. We consider various representations of the option value and in particular apply Fourier transform techniques to the integro-partial...

Theoretical research on option valuation tends to focus on pricing the plain-vanilla European-style derivatives. Duffie, Pan, and Singleton (Econometrica, 2000) have recently developed a general transform method to determine the value of European options for a broad class of the underlying price...

Margrabe provides a pricing formula for an exchange option where the distributions of both stock prices are log-normal with correlated components. Merton has provided a formula for the price of a European call option on a single stock where the stock price process contains a compound Poisson...

This article proposes and tests a convenient, easy to use closed-form solution for the pricing of a European Call option where the underlying asset is subject to upward and downward jumps displaying separate distributions and probabilities of occurrence. The setup presented in this article lays...