Kräussl, Roman; Félix, Luiz; Stork, Philip - Luxembourg School of Finance, Faculté de droit, … - 2014
We examine how the 2011 European short sale ban affected jump risk and contagion risk of both banned and unbanned stocks. Using Extreme Value Theory, we estimate the tails of stock options’ risk-neutral densities to calculate extreme downside risk. Using this measure and implied volatility...