.S. dollars for Japanese yen - the cross-currency basis swap and the foreign exchange (FX) swap - using structural state space …

The aim of this paper is twofold: to investigate how the information content of implied volatility varies according to … moneyness and option type and to compare option-based forecasts with historical volatility. The different information content of … implied volatility is examined for the most liquid at-the-money and out-of-the-money options: put (call) options for strikes …

This paper examines the cross-dynamics of volatility term structures implied by foreign exchange options. The data used … in the empirical analysis consist of daily observations of implied volatilities for OTC options on the euro, Japanese yen … common factors can explain a vast proportion of the variation in volatility term structures across currencies. Furthermore …

Option prices seem to behave in ways inconsistent with the Black-Scholes model. Implied volatility varies with the … strike price in a parabolic shape that is often called the volatility 'smile.' My objective in this paper is to identify … implied probability distributions that might explain this anomaly. I develop a simulated method of moments estimation …

between studying financial data in terms of the concept of volatility and in rapport to analysing financial data in terms of …