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In this paper we study implied and realized volatility for the Nordic power forward market. We create an implied volatility index with a fixed time to maturity. This index is compared to a realized volatility time series calculated from high-frequency data. The results show that the implied...
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has received renewed attention. We introduce a dynamic model for the pricing of European-style options with various … model on FTSE 100 stock index options during the period of January 2008 to June 2009. Our empirical results show that the …
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European style options for various maturities. We analyze the validity of the model given its ability to price one-day ahead … out-of-sample call options and also its ability to capture the empirical dynamic of the volatility skew. First, we get a … severe mispricing for deep out-of-the-money and short term call options. Second, this model reveals a good ability to capture …
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The article focuses on the leverage effect modeling as a form of stochastic processes through the volatility model. It states that leverage effect is characterized by a subsequent stock price dropping and increase in volatility. It mentions that the first model that describes the volatility and...
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In this paper we derive the implications of the absence of arbitrage in securities markets models where traded securities are subject to short-sales constraints and where the borrowing and lending rates differ. We show that a securities price system is arbitrage free if and only if there exists...
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The problem of fair pricing of contingent claims is well understood in the contex of an arbitrage free, complete financial market, with perfect information : the so-called arbitrage approach permits to construct a unique valuation operator compatible with observed price rocesses. In the more...
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Whereas the spatial integration has already been examined in commodity markets, empirical tests on temporal integration have never been carried out. Relying on the “preferred habitat” theory, which is applied to the crude oil market, this article investigates whether this market is segmented...
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We prove a general version of the super-replication theorem, which applies to Kabanov’s model of foreign exchange markets under proportional transaction costs. The market is described by a matrix-valued càdlàg bid-ask process $$(\Pi_t)_{t\in [0,T]}$$ evolving in continuous time. We propose a...
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Relying on conditional entropy and on the notion of information transfer, we investigate price relationships in the most important commodity futures market: the American crude oil market. We first show that the information shared by futures contracts with different delivery dates increases...
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has received renewed attention. We introduce a dynamic model for the pricing of European-style options with various … model on FTSE 100 stock index options during the period of January 2008 to June 2009. Our empirical results show that the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010891139