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; coherent market hypothesis ; market polarization ; option pricing ; overreaction ; chaotic market ; repelling market … our dynamic stock price model, we develop a two factor general equilibrium model for pricing derivative securities. The … rationally explained and justified in equilibrium. Applying Monte Carlo methods, we examine the pricing of European call options …
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The paper examines three equity-based structural models to study the nonlinear relationship between equity and credit default swap (CDS) prices. These models differ in the specification of the default barrier. With cross-firm CDS premia and equity information, we are able to estimate and compare...
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, particularly. -- Implied tree models ; implied olatility ; local volatility ; option pricing …Market option prices in last 20 years confirmed deviations from the Black and Scholes (BS) models assumptions … process. In addition, we apply the IBT to EUREX option prices and compare the estimated SPDs. Both IBT methods coincide well …
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for option pricing and show that the information content of skewness leads to improved in-sample and out-of-sample pricing … of the volatility spread to skewness. We measure skewness from option prices and test these predictions. We find that … and does not offer sufficient flexibility to match the skewness and kurtosis implicit in option data. Finally, we document …
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We investigate the problem of modeling defaults of dependent credits. In the framework of the class of structural default models we study threshold models where for each credit the underling ability-to-pay process is a transformation of a Wiener processes. We propose a model for dependent...
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pricing procedure based on the Gaussian distribution. -- CDO ; CDS ; multivariate distributions ; Copulae ; correlation smile …
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In this paper we consider the optimal stopping problem for general dynamic monetary utility functionals. Sufficient conditions for the Bellman principle and the existence of optimal stopping times are provided. Particular attention is payed to representations which allow for a numerical...
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This study calibrates the term structure of risk premia before and during the 2007/2008 financial crisis using a new calibration approach based on credit default swaps. The risk premium term structure was flat before the crisis and downward sloping during the crisis. The instantaneous risk...
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Ratios that indicate the statistical significance of a fund’s alpha typically appraise its performance. A growing literature suggests that even in the absence of any ability to predict returns, holding options positions on the benchmark assets or trading frequently can significantly enhance...
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In illiquid markets, option traders may have an incentive to increase their portfolio value by using their impact on …
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