relatively newer field of study: derivative instruments. Previous results of excess volatility, recovered with a worldwide focus …1 Abstract -- 2 Introduction -- 3 Chapter I: Literature on the subject of excess volatility -- 4 Chapter II: Excess … volatility beyond discount rates -- 5 Chapter III: Evidence of excess volatility in the Eurozone market -- 6 Conclusions. …

This book presents a factor-based model of the stochastic evolution of the implied volatility surface. The model allows … volatility derivatives. In the first part, the book develops a unifying theory for the analysis of contingent claims under both … the real-world measure and the risk-neutral measure in an environment of stochastic implied volatility. On the basis of …