Cao, Ji; Härdle, Wolfgang; Mungo, Julius - 2009
As a function of strike and time to maturity the implied volatility estimation is a challenging task in financial … econometrics. Dynamic Semiparametric Factor Models (DSFM) are a model class that allows for the estimation of the implied … to cointegration. -- implied volatility surface ; dynamic semiparametric factor model ; VAR ; cointegration …