Corrado, C. J.; Su, Tie - In: The European Journal of Finance 3 (1997) 1, pp. 73-85
The Black-Scholes* option pricing model is commonly applied to value a wide range of option contracts. However, the model often inconsistently prices deep in-the-money and deep out-of-the-money options. Options professionals refer to this well-known phenomenon as a volatility 'skew' or 'smile'....