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Actuarial Transform Pricing
Ruban, Oleg; Vitiello, Luiz; Poon, Ser-Huang - Manchester Business School - 2006
This article studies four transform pricing methods in the context of generalequilibrium (GE) framework. The four … among actuarial literature and practice. The transform pricing methodsoffer a convenient solution to contingent claim … pricing problem when the underlyingrisk exposure cannot be fully hedged. We show analytically that these fourmethods are …
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Asset Pricing with Matrix Jump Diffusions
Leippold, Markus; Trojani, Fabio - Swiss National Centre of Competence in Research North … - 2010
applications to, e.g., multivariate option pricing with stochasticvolatilities and correlations, fixed-income models with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009248844
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Multiple Trees Subject to Event Risk
Porchia, Paolo; Trojani, Fabio - National Centre of Competence in ResearchFinancial … - 2009
We study an equilibrium asset pricing model with several Lucas (1978) trees subject toevent risk, that is, the …
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Do financial counseling mandates improve mortgage choice and performance? Evidence from a legislative experiment
Agarwal, Sumit; Amromin, Gene; Ben-David, Itzhak; … - 2009
We explore the effects of mandatory third-party review of mortgage contracts on the terms, availability, and performance of mortgage credit. Our study is based on a legislative experiment in which the State of Illinois required 'high-risk' mortgage applicants acquiring or refinancing properties...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010292159
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Unemployment, negative equity, and strategic default
Gerardi, Kristopher; Herkenhoff, Kyle F.; Ohanian, Lee E.; … - 2013
Using new household-level data, we quantitatively assess the roles that job loss, negative equity, and wealth (including unsecured debt, liquid assets, and illiquid assets) play in default decisions. In sharp contrast to prior studies that proxy for individual unemployment status using regional...
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Can standard preferences explain the prices of out-of-the-money S&P 500 put options?
Benzoni, Luca; Collin-Dufresne, Pierre; Goldstein, Robert S. - 2011
The 1987 stock market crash occurred with minimal impact on observable economic variables (e.g., consumption), yet dramatically and permanently changed the shape of the implied volatility curve for equity index options. Here, we propose a general equilibrium model that captures many salient...
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Explaining asset pricing puzzles associated with the 1987 market crash
Benzoni, Luca; Collin-Dufresne, Pierre; Goldstein, Robert S. - 2010
The 1987 market crash was associated with a dramatic and permanent steepening of the implied volatility curve for equity index options, despite minimal changes in aggregate consumption. We explain these events within a general equilibrium framework in which expected endowment growth and economic...
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Risk premia in electricity wholesale spot markets: empirical evidence from Germany
Pietz, Matthäus - 2009
This paper contributes to the ongoing discussion on price formation in electricity markets. For this, we conduct an analysis of the German electricity wholesale spot market which is located at the European Energy Exchange (EEX). Our dataset covers three spot market segments, namely the intraday...
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Risk premia in the German electricity futures market
Pietz, Matthäus - 2009
The mechanism behind price formation in electricity futures markets is still under discussion. Theory suggests that hedging pressure caused by deviating risk preferences is the most promising approach. This paper contributes to this discussion through an empirical investigation of electricity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010305696
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Stochastic modeling of private equity: an equilibrium based approach to fund valuation
Buchner, Axel; Kaserer, Christoph; Wagner, Niklas - 2006
-root process is applied to model the rate at which capital is drawn over time. Applying equilibrium intertemporal asset pricing …
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