This paper proposes the use of analytical approximations to price an heterogeneous basket option combining commodity prices, foreign currencies and zero-coupon bonds. The performance of three moment matching approximations is examined: inverse gamma, Edgeworth expansion around the lognormal and...

We investigate the suitability of sparse grids for solving high-dimensional option pricing and interest rate models numerically. Starting from the partial differential equation, we try to - at least partially - break the curse of dimensionality through sparse grids which will result from a...

In this paper we conduct a formal testing of the possibility of chaotic dynamics in daily exchange rate variables, namely exchange rate returns, volatility and normalized exchange rates. Substantial nonlinear dependence is found in exchange rate returns, even when GARCH-type structure is...

Az opcióalapú modellben a sávos árfolyamú deviza megfelel egy lebegő rendszerbe li devizának és két opciónak. Az opciók kötési árfolyama a sáv széleivel egyezik meg, így az opciós modell szerint a sáv eltolása a kötési árfolyamok megváltozásán ke resztül közvetlenül...

Current techniques employed in valuing multiple employee stock options issued by the same company treat each option as being independent of the others and do not reflect that the option values should be determined simultaneously. In this paper we develop a model to simultaneously value all...

The credit valuation adjustment (CVA) of OTC derivatives is an important part of the Basel III credit risk capital requirements and current accounting rules. Its calculation is not an easy task - not only it is necessary to model the future value of the derivative, but also the probability of...

Using weekly data from 2003 to 2011, this paper examines the presence of exchange rate exposure in thirteen Canadian industry sectors. This study contributes to the literature in a number of ways: (i) it considers the presence of exposure not only in the full sample but also in the pre and...

The paper investigates the dynamics of price discovery for cross-listed firms and the impact of exchange rate shocks on firm value. A simple price discovery model is proposed in which prices in the home and foreign markets react to shocks on two latent prices, namely, the efficient firm value...

A new, very efficient and fairly simple simulation method for European basket and Asian options under the geometric Brownian motion assumption is presented. It is based on a new control variate method that uses the closed form of the expected payoff conditional on the assumption that the...

A new class of foreign equity option pricing model is suggested that not only allows for the volatility but also for the correlation coefficient to vary stochastically over time. A modified Jacobi process is proposed to evaluate risk premium of the stochastic correlation, and a partial...