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Fitting the smile revisited : a least squares kernel estimator for the implied volatility surface

Fengler, Matthias R. (contributor); Wang, Qihua (contributor) - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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Fengler, Matthias R.; Härdle, Wolfgang; Schmidt, Peter - 2001

The analysis of volatility in financial markets has become a first rank issue in modern financial theory and practice … of volatility. Much research has been done on the analysis of realized historic volatilities, Roll (1977) and references … solved for the constant volatility parameter a using observed option prices. This is a more natural approach as the option …

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No free lunch for large investors

Bank, Peter - 1999

We study an extension of the classical B1ack-Scholes model which accounts for feedback effects from trading in an imperfectly elastic market. The proposed semi-martingale model may be viewed as a compromise between the diffusion approach in, e.g., (Cuoco and Cvitanic 1998), (Cvitanic and Ma...

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Estimating state-price densities with nonparametric regression

Huynh, Kim; Kervella, Pierre; Zheng, Jun - 2002

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Confidence intervals for state price densities

Hlávka, Zdeněk (contributor) - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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Semiparametric estimation and prediction for time series cross sectional data

Bunke, Olaf - 1998

This paper discusses a methodology which uses time series cross sectional datafor the estimation of a time dependent regression function depending on explanatory variables and for the prediction of values of the dependent variable. The methodology assumes independent observations and is based on...

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Forecasting performance of market share attraction models : a comparison of different models assuming that competitors’ actions are forecasts

Klapper, Daniel; Herwartz, Helmut - 1998

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Testing for short and long-run causality : the case of the yield spread and economic growth

Breitung, Jörg; Candelon, Bertrand - 2001

To assess the predictive content of the interest rate term spread for future economic growth, we distinguish short-run from long-run predictability by using two different approaches. First, following Dufour and Renault (1998) a test procedure is proposed to test for causality at different...

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How accurate do markets predict the outcome of an event? : the Euro 2000 soccer championships experiment

Schmidt, Carsten; Werwatz, Axel - 2002 - Rev.

For the Euro 2000 Soccer Championships an experimental asset market was condueted, with traders buying and selling contracts on the winners of individual matches. Market-generated probabilities are compared to professional bet quotas, and factors that are responsible for the quality of the...

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Self-rated and changes in self-rated health as predictors of mortality : first evidence from german panel data

Schwarze, Johannes; Andersen, Hanfried H.; Anger, Silke - 2002

Background: Studies from several countries have shown that self-rated health is an independent predictor of mortality. However, no empirical evidence exists for Germany so far. We investigate the effectiveness of (i) self-ratings of health by individuals and (ii) changes in self-rated health, as...

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