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The prices of derivatives contracts can be used to estimate ‘risk-neutral’ probability density functions that give an indication of the weight investors place on different future prices of their underlying assets, were they risk-neutral. In the likely case that investors are risk-averse,...
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Partial differential equation, parabolic Black-Scholes type, is used in evaluating equity options, that paying constant … and continue dividends or in evaluate options in which interest rate, volatility and dividend are dependent on time. …
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This paper is a selective survey of new or recent methods to extract information about market expectations from asset prices for monetary policy purposes. Traditionally, interest rates and forward exchange rates have been used to extract expected means of future interest rates, exchange rates...
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This paper analyzes corporate bond valuation of a straight bond, and the convertibility feature, when interest rates are stochastic and the firm value is determined by the interaction of a series of stochastic variables. The sensitivity of the corporate d
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basis. Basis pricing synthesizes claim valuation and basis investment provides static hedging opportunities. For claims … this case is the Black-Scholes geometric Brownian motion model. Data on S&P 500 options from the Wall Street Journal are …
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The British pound left the ERM on 16 September 1992 after a period of turbulence. UK monetary policy soon shifted to lower short interest rates and an inflation target was announced. This paper uses daily option prices to estimate how the market's probability distribution of the future...
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This paper uses an extension of the equilibrium model of Lucas (1978) to study the valuation of options on the market … process for aggregate dividend. Closed-form pricing formulas for options on the market portfolio incorporate both stochastic …-Ingersoll-Ross (1985) model. In this sense, the current model provides a consistent way to price options written on the market portfolio …
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options data, we derive implied probability density functions (PDF) for expected future exchange rates and thus measures of …. The Paper, one of the first to use options data from an emerging market, finds that target zone credibility was poor prior …
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correlated and lagged-dependent lognormal diffusion processes. We then price options on credit-sensitive bonds. The recombining …
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the stock price process and test it on empirical data for four “momentum” stocks and their heavily traded options …
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