Based on the Partial Distribution (Feng Dai, 2001), a new model to price an asset (MPA) is given. Going a step further, this paper puts forward the Multivariate Partial Distribution (MPD) for the first time. By use of MPD, we could gain a new kind of model for pricing the group assets (MPGA), in...

A problem of risk neutral probability density function estimation for prices of risky assets is discussed when the asset pricing model uses exponential random process with independent increments. The structure of increments consists of two components: systematic drift and a random gamma...

We develop a new approach to identify model misspecifications based on Minimum Discrepancy (MD) projections that correct asset pricing models with the use of nonlinear functions of basis assets returns. These nonlinear corrections make our method more effective than the Hansen and Jagannathan...

This paper proposes the new concept of stochastic leverage in stochastic volatility models.Stochastic leverage refers to a stochastic process which replaces the classical constant correlation parameter between the asset return and the stochastic volatility process. We provide a systematic...

When the pricing kernel is U-shaped, then expected returns of claims with payout on the upside are negative for strikes beyond a threshold, determined by the slope of the U-shaped kernel in its increasing region, and have negative partial derivative with respect to strike in the increasing...

We adopt a family of nonparametric Cressie-Read estimators to price options based on relative pricing using the underlying asset returns. We use option models with stochastic volatility and jumps to investigate the ability of each member in this family to price options with different moneynesses...

We develop a new approach to evaluate asset pricing models (APMs) based on Minimum Discrepancy (MD) projections that generalize the Hansen-Jagannathan (HJ, 1997) distance to account for an arbitrary number of moments of asset returns. The Minimum Discrepancy projections correct APMs to become...

In their work, Brigo and Capponi (2010) introduce a numerical approach for calculating credit valuation adjustments (CVA) for credit default swaps (CDS). In contrast to previous research, they consider the default of the party doing the calculation, and its correlation to the defaults of the...